Maidan

Word MAIDAN
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖Mai dan
Pronunciations /maɪˈdɑːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Maidan"

What do we mean by maidan?

An open space in a South Asian town. noun

In Persia and India, a level open green or esplanade in or adjoining a town, serving for a parade-ground or for amusements of all sorts, but especially for military exercises, horsemanship, and horseraces. Sometimes spelled meidan. noun

In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade. noun

Alternative spelling of meidan. noun

A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Maidan

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The word "maidan" in example sentences

There was a legend in the family that years ago, when the maidan was a tank, an aunt was sitting in the garden, combing her daughter's long hair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The biggest mystery for me about Indian words in Europe is how Indo-Aryan "maidan" entered Ukrainian. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The absence of forest and other obstructions to the view, the breadth and flatness of the valleys, and the undulating character of the lower ranges that traverse its surface, give it a comparatively level appearance, and suggest the term "maidan" or "plains" to the Tibetan, when comparing his country with the complicated ridges of the deep Sikkim valleys. ❋ Unknown (1864)

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi's helicopter has landed on the filthy Ramlila 'maidan' creating a virtual dust storm, which temporarily hides the filth on the ground. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term "maidan," so often applied to Tibet by the natives, implies, not a plain like that of India, but simply an open, dry, treeless country, in contrast to the densely wooded wet regions of the snowy Himalaya, south of Tibet.] forms no exception. ❋ Unknown (1864)

But Shaheed was staring at a maidan in which lady doctors were being bayoneted before they were raped, and raped again before they were shot. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

The two men stood under one of the tamarind trees, in the deep gloom of its shade, and beyond them the maidan glowed in the stark light of the sun. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

A shot reverberated over the dusty maidan as the archery master lifted his musket and fired into the air. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

They were in the Shah Burj at Agra fort—the octagonal balcony jutting out from the battlements of the fort, clad in white marble, inlaid with semiprecious stones—where Shah Jahan had commanded elephant fights in the pounded earth maidan below, where the crowds had thronged in the early mornings, hoping for a glimpse to reassure themselves that he was alive and well. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

It was to take place in the main maidan, a field of beaten mud, smooth and freed from weeds by the hundreds of men who trod upon it daily during the evening jharoka, at the base of the battlements of Agra fort, some thirty feet below the balcony of the jutting Shah Burj. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

A low mud wall had been built along the diameter of the maidan, and the fight would begin when the elephants were given the signal and crashed through the mud wall to confront each other. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

Princess Jahanara Begam stayed on at the edge of the field long after Najabat and Antarah had gone, long after the maidan had emptied and the horses had been led away. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

By the time the sun was centered in the sky over Agra, the maidan was teeming with people who had been waiting for a place at the proceedings since dawn. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

Their feet were already dusty, though; even the short trip from the stables to the maidan had muddied them to their knees. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

They could barely see her through the thick dust that still floated above the maidan, but they did see her touch her heart and then her mouth, as though she had sent a kiss toward them across the length of the field. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

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