mejdan

Czech

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Noun

mejdan f

  1. party (social gathering for fun)

Synonyms


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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