ميدان maidān
A ميدان maidān, corr. medān (v.n. fr. ماد (for ميد) 'to be moved, or agitated,' &c.), s.m. An open field (without buildings); an extensive plain; a plain, field, lawn, area; a race-ground; any place for exercise or walking; a parade; a field of battle;—war, battle, conflict;—a scene (in a play, or poem, &c.);—body, ground, middle part (of a garment, &c.):—maidān jānā, v.n. To go to the rear:—maidān-ě-jang, or maidān-ě-kār-zār, s.m. Field of battle (syn. raṇ-kshetr):—maidān ćhoṛnā, To fly from the field of battle; to take flight:—maidān denā (-ko), To give room (to), give a wide berth (to); to make room (for):—maidān karnā, v.t. To convert into a level plain; to raze to the ground;—to wage war, to fight:—maidān-ě-qalam (or qalam-kā maidān), s.m. The shaft, or the nib, of a pen:—maidān-kashī, s.f. Drawing out for battle:—maidān mārnā (-kā), To win a battle:—maidān-meṅ, adv. In the plain; in the open:—maidān-meṅ ānā, To come into the plain, or field; to come out (to fight).
معادن maʻādin
A معادن maʻādin, s.m. pl. (of maʻdan, q.v.), Mines; quarries;—origins, sources.
مدن mudun, or mudn
A مدن mudun, or mudn, s.m. pl. (of madīna, q.v.), Cities, towns.
معدن maʻdin, vulg. maʻdan n. of place fr. عدن 'to remain, stay, abide,' c.
A معدن maʻdin, vulg. maʻdan (n. of place fr. عدن 'to remain, stay, abide,' &c.), s.m. & f. A mine; a quarry (so called because it is 'a place where the native ore remains fixed').
