maidan

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mai·dan

(mī′dän′)

An open space in a South Asian town.

[Hindi and Urdu maidān from Persian maydān, city square, open place from Arabic, city square, open space, racetrack, combat area from māda, to be moved, sway; see myd in Semitic roots.]

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maidan

(mæˈdɑːn)

(Human Geography) (in Pakistan, India, etc) an open space used for meetings, sports, etc

[Urdu, from Arabic]

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Translations

maidan

n (India) → (Markt)platz m, → Esplanade f

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References in periodicals archive ?

This week's piece is for those of my readers, who have never been inside the real Lahore with its maze of narrow streets, overshadowed by surviving ornate wooden balconies and expansive brick paved spaces known as 'maidans'.

On entering the gate and a few dozen meters down 'Bazaar Hakiman', we could turn right into 'Jandi Gali', walk past the 'chota maidan' flanked on the left by houses and on the right a 'bara', populated by a number of buffaloes.

The link road connecting 'Bazaar Hakiman' to 'Maidan Bhaiyan' is where my maternal grandfather lived with his mother and siblings before moving into their alternate home in 'Maidan Bhaiyan'.

'Maidan Bhaiyan' is a large open court yard paved with the characteristic small bricks popular in the Moghul and Sikh Era.