майдан

See also: мајдан

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic مایدان
Cyrillic майдан
Latin maidan

Etymology

From Persian میدان, from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Noun

майдан • (maidan)

  1. battlefield
  2. (military) front

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Turkic language (compare Turkish meydan (square)), ultimately from Persian and Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). The extended meanings are from Ukrainian майда́н (majdán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐjˈdan]

Noun

майда́н • (majdán) m inan (genitive майда́на, nominative plural майда́ны, genitive plural майда́нов, relational adjective майда́новский)

  1. (regional) public square, marketplace, maidan, meidan
  2. (Ukraine) public square in Ukraine; maidan
    Майда́н Незале́жностиMajdán NezaléžnostiMaidan Nezalezhnosti/Independence Square (square in Kiev, Ukraine)
  3. (by extension, politics) a revolution, a rebellion, similar to the Ukrainian maidan movement.

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian майда́нъ (majdán). From a Turkic language (compare Turkish meydan (square)), ultimately from Persian and Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐi̯ˈdan]
  • (file)

Noun

майда́н • (majdán) m inan (genitive майда́ну, nominative plural майда́ни, genitive plural майда́нів)

  1. public square
    Synonyms: пло́ща (plóšča), (small) сквер (skver)
    Майда́н Незале́жностіMajdán NezaléžnostiMaidan Nezalezhnosti/Independence Square (square in Kiev, Ukraine)

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Descendants

  • English: Maidan

References

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