majdan

Hungarian

Etymology

majd +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒjdɒn]
• Hyphenation: maj‧dan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

majdan (not comparable)

1. (dated, literary) Alternative form of majd (“some day, some time”, in a distant future)

   Antonym: (in the distant past) hajdan

Derived terms

• majdani

 

Further reading

• majdan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معدن (ma'den), from Arabic مَعْدِ (maʕdi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.dan/
• Rhymes: -ajdan
• Syllabification: maj‧dan

Noun

majdan m inan

1. (colloquial) clobber (clothing; equipment)
2. (historical) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)

   Synonym: plac

Declension

Declension of majdan

	singular	plural
nominative	majdan	majdany
genitive	majdana/majdanu	majdanów
dative	majdanowi	majdanom
accusative	majdan	majdany
instrumental	majdanem	majdanami
locative	majdanie	majdanach
vocative	majdanie	majdany

Further reading

• majdan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• majdan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معدن (ma'den), from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʕdin, “mine”).

Noun

majdan m (Cyrillic spelling мајдан)

1. (regional) mine
2. (regional) pit