Word Meaning
मैदाँ
maidaan
hinoun
Meaning
Field, open ground, or battlefield (poetic nasalized form).
Detailed Meaning
The term denotes an open plain, an arena, or metaphorically a battlefield. In this couplet by Ghalib, it functions within the compound phrase 'यक-अरबदा मैदाँ' to indicate an arena or battleground required for the conflict between despair (याास) and hope (उम्मीद). The final 'n' is nasalized (noon-ghunna) for poetic metre.
Etymology
Arabic origin via Persian 'maidān' (میدان), with poetic apocope/nasalization.
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry, 'मैदाँ' often serves as a metaphor for the arena of passion, test, or existential conflict.
Examples
maidaan-e-ishq (the arena of love)
maidaan-e-hashr (the plain of resurrection)
Synonyms
सहरामर्क़ाअखाड़ा
Related Words
मैदान-ए-जंगकारज़ाररज़्मगाह