मैदान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maydān), derived from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare Punjabi ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān) / مَیدان (maidān), Gujarati મેદાન (medān), Marathi मैदान (maidān), Bengali ময়দান (moẏodan), Kannada ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna), Telugu మైదానము (maidānamu).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɛː.d̪ɑːn/, [mɛː.d̪ä̃ːn]

Noun

मैदान • (maidānm (Urdu spelling مَیدَان)

  1. park, lawn
  2. (sports) field, court

Declension

Declension of मैदान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मैदान
maidān
मैदान
maidān
oblique मैदान
maidān
मैदानों
maidānõ
vocative मैदान
maidān
मैदानो
maidāno

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maydān), derived from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare Gujarati મેદાન (medān), Hindustani مَیدَان (maidān) / मैदान (maidān), Kannada ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna), Punjabi ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān) / مَیدان (maidān), Bengali ময়দান (moẏodan), Telugu మైదానము (maidānamu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məi.d̪an/

Noun

मैदान • (maidānn

  1. maidan (level tract of land)
  2. (sports) field, court

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मैदान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैदान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मैदान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)