Serbo-Croatian
Noun
mèjdān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)
- 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 mègdān
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
- ...nije vojska od mejdana, / već sve stare hodže i hadžije,...
- ...it is not an army of battle, / but rather all old hodjas and hajjis...