mejdan

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛjdan]

Noun

mejdan m inan

  1. party (social gathering for fun)
    Synonyms: večírek, párty

Declension
Declension of mejdan (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative mejdan mejdany
genitive mejdanu mejdanů
dative mejdanu mejdanům
accusative mejdan mejdany
vocative mejdane mejdany
locative mejdanu mejdanech
instrumental mejdanem mejdany

Further reading
  • mejdan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mejdan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mejdan in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (Turkish meydan), from Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare mègdān.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mějdaːn/
  • Hyphenation: mej‧dan

Noun

mèjdān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)

  1. a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
  2. (metonymically) cattle fair or exhibition
  3. (figuratively) public exposition of something
  4. Alternative form of mègdān
    • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
      ...nije vojska od mejdana, / već sve stare hodže i hadžije,...
      ...it is not an army of battle, / but rather all old hodjas and hajjis...
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