mejdan

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛjdan]

mejdan m inan

1. party (social gathering for fun)

   Synonyms: večírek, párty

• “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), 2008–2025

• mègdān

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

• IPA^(key): /mějdaːn/
• Hyphenation: mej‧dan

mèjdān m inan (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)

1. a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
2. (metonymic) 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...