ਮੈਦਾਨੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

PIE word
*médʰyos

Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maidān), derived from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Noun

ਮੈਦਾਨੁ (maidānu) m

1. plain, open space, level ground

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān), ਮਦਾਨ (madān)

  Shahmukhi script: مَیدان (maidān)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਮੈਦਾਨੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 247.
• “ਮੈਦਾਨੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024