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

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
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