Maidan

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /maɪˈdɑːn/, /mædˈɑːn/

From Persian میدان (meydân, "town-square or central place of gathering") (compare Arabic ميدان), from Middle Persian mēd ("middle, center"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀, Sanskrit मध्य, Latin medius.

Alternative forms

• meidan

Full definition of maidan

Noun

1. (chiefly India and Pakistan) An expanse of open space in or by a city or town.
• 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 84:Below on the amorphous brown-violet meidan by the railway station

1993, from Майда́н Незале́жності ("Independence Square") in Kiev, from Ukrainian майда́н ("square"), from the same Persian/Arabic source as maidan/meidan above.

Alternative forms

• Maydan

Noun

1. Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine.
2. The Orange Revolution protests that took place there in 2004–05.
3. Other such protests in Ukraine.

Related terms

• anti-maidan, antiMaidan
• AutoMaidan
• Euromaidan, EuroMaidan

Anagrams

• aidman, Damian