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Is maidan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word maidan is a Scrabble US word. The word maidan is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is maidan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word maidan is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3A1I1D2A1N1

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6-letter words (2 found)

AIDMAN,MAIDAN,

5-letter words (9 found)

ADMAN,ADMIN,AMAIN,AMNIA,ANIMA,DAMAN,MANDI,MANIA,NAIAD,

4-letter words (14 found)

AIDA,AMIA,AMID,AMIN,DAMN,MAID,MAIN,MANA,MAND,MANI,MINA,MIND,NAAM,NADA,

3-letter words (21 found)

AIA,AID,AIM,AIN,AMA,AMI,ANA,AND,ANI,DAM,DAN,DIM,DIN,MAA,MAD,MAN,MID,MNA,NAM,NID,NIM,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AD,AI,AM,AN,DA,DI,ID,IN,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 58 words from maidan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of maidan

maidan

Alternative forms

  • meidan

Etymology 1

From Hindustani میدان (medān) / मैदान (maidān), and its source, Persian میدان (meydân, maydān, “town-square or central place of gathering”), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing (see the Arabic entry for more), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah (“middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maiδiia), Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), Latin medius.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /maɪˈdɑːn/, /ˈmaɪdɑːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /maɪˈdɑn/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːn, (US) -ɑn

Noun

maidan (plural maidans)

  1. (chiefly South Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade. [from 16th c.]
    • M. Crawford
      a gallop on the green maidan
Alternative forms
  • meidan
Translations

References

  • “maidan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “maidan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “maidan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Etymology 2

From Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev, from Ukrainian майда́н (majdán, “square”), from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), from the same Persian source as above.

Alternative forms

  • Maydan

Noun

Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)

  1. Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine. [from 1993]
  2. The Orange Revolution protests that took place in Kiev’s Maidan in 2004–05; the Euromaidan protests of 2013–14; the protest movement associated with the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maidan.

Related terms
  • anti-maidan, antiMaidan
  • AutoMaidan
  • Euromaidan, EuroMaidan

Further reading

  • Maidan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Maidan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

See also

Anagrams

  • Aminda, Dai Nam, Damian, Madani, aidman

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan, “square, open space”), from Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Noun

maidan n (plural maidane)

  1. open space, undeveloped land within a city

Declension

Derived terms

  • maidanez

Source: wiktionary.org