Maidan

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{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place (Persian: Template:Lang), adopted by various other languages: Urdu Template:Lang (maidān); Arabic Template:Lang (maydān); Turkish Template:Lang; Georgian Template:Lang (moedani); Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which Ukrainian also borrowed [[:wikt:майдан#Ukrainian|Template:Transliteration]].<ref>Template:Encyclopædia Iranica Online</ref> Its ultimate source is Proto-Indo-European Template:Lang – compare Avestan Template:Lang, Sanskrit Template:Lang (Template:Transliteration) and Latin Template:Lang. Various versions include maydan, midan, meydan, majdan, mayadeen and maydān. It also means field (मैदान) in Hindi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It became a loanword in other South Asian languages to give similar means, such as in Tamil in which the word is maidhanam.

The broad geographical footprint of the use of Maidan in toponymy, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.Template:Citation needed

Places

In Eastern West Asia, and Southern Central Asia

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In South Asia and Southeast Asia

In the rest of West Asia

In Poland

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In Romania

  • Maidan, a village in Cacica Commune, Suceava County
  • Maidan, the former name of Brădișoru de Jos village, Oravița Town, Caraș-Severin County

In Ukraine

Other uses in Ukraine

See also

  • Majdany, the plural form of Majdan.

Notes

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