ميدان field in Arabic
ميدان is how you say “field” in Arabic.
Root م ي د m-y-d. noun. maydān.
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Meaning of field in Arabic
- horse-course, racetrack, hippodrome Lane's primary, classical sense
- open square, plaza, field the extended sense behind the modern gloss 'field'
Example sentence
فَالنَّفْسُ تَجْرِي بِطَبْعِهَا فِي مَيْدَانِ الْمُخَالَفَةِ
Thus, the self naturally operates in the field of opposition.
مَيْدَانِ the field
'maydan' = 'field, arena'; first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the field of...'.
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How it is used
Grammarians traced maydān to the verb māda ('to be in motion, to sway'), explaining the name either from the way a racecourse's sides seem to shake during a race or from the horses wheeling and convulsing within it. From the same headword, historians also used maydān al-khulafāʾ figuratively for the span of a caliph's reign, and ʿaysh maydān for an easy, ample life.
Words from the same root
- مَادَ to sway, shake, or become agitated
- مَائِدٌ dizzy or seasick, as if swaying
- مَيُودٌ constantly shifting, unsteady, agitated
- مِيدَآءٌ the extent, measure, or distance of something
Common questions
- How do you say "field" in Arabic?
- ميدان (maydān) — originally a horse-course or racetrack, later extended to any open square or field.
- What root does ميدان come from, and what does it mean?
- It is traced to the root م ي د (m-y-d) 'to sway, be in motion,' from the sense of horses wheeling and convulsing on the racecourse.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).