Serbo-Croatian
Noun
мѐјда̄н m (Latin spelling mèjdān)
- a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
- (metonymically) cattle fair or exhibition
- (figuratively) public exposition of something
- Alternative form of мѐгда̄н
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
- ...није војска од мејдана, / већ све старе хоџе и хаџије,...
- ...it is not an army of battle, / but rather all old hodjas and hajjis...