mejdan

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan, “square, plaza”), from Classical Persian مَیدَان (maydān, “field, plain, square”). Compare Serbo-Croatian mejdan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛjdan]

Noun

mejdan m inan

1. party (social gathering for fun)

   Synonyms: večírek, párty

Declension

Declension of mejdan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mejdan	mejdany
genitive	mejdanu	mejdanů
dative	mejdanu	mejdanům
accusative	mejdan	mejdany
vocative	mejdane	mejdany
locative	mejdanu	mejdanech
instrumental	mejdanem	mejdany

Further reading

• “mejdan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mejdan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mejdan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mègdān

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...