мејдан

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• мѐгда̄н

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mějdaːn/
• Hyphenation: меј‧дан

Noun

мѐјда̄н m (Latin spelling mèjdān)

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 мѐгда̄н
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     ...није војска од мејдана, / већ све старе хоџе и хаџије,...

     ...it is not an army of battle, / but rather all old hodjas and hajjis...