Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

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Noun edit

мегда́н (megdánm

  1. square, open space

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Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

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Noun edit

мегдан (megdanm

  1. battlefield
  2. (archaic) square (open space)

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Doublet of мѐјда̄н.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /měɡdaːn/
  • Hyphenation: мег‧дан

Noun edit

мѐгда̄н m (Latin spelling mègdān)

  1. (historical) a type of competition in physical training organized in the medieval Balkans during the Ottoman Empire
  2. (regional, expressively, folk poetry and oral literature) battle, duel, fight

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