Where does “மைதானம்” come from?
மைதானம் (Tamil) comes from Urdu میدان, from Classical Persian مَیْدَان, from Arabic مَيْدَان, from Old Persian *madyānaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from Proto-Iranian *mádyah, from Proto-Indo-European *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
மைதானம் (Tamil): ground, field, plain
Definitions
- ground, field, plain
Ancestry of “மைதானம்”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | میدان | ground, field, arena |
| 2 | Classical Persian | مَیْدَان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | مَيْدَان | field, arena, open tract |
| 4 | Old Persian | *madyānaʰ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | *madyānah | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *mádyah | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *mádʰyas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mádʰyas | middle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |