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See also: Medan and meðan

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay medan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos via Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), Classical Persian میدان (maydān), or Urdu میدان (maidān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛdan/
  • Hyphenation: mè‧dan

Noun

mèdan (plural medan-medan)

  1. field
    1. square, plaza, esplanade
      Synonyms: alun-alun, lapangan
    2. (figurative, physics) region affected by a particular force
    3. (figurative, computing) area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value
  2. (figurative) field, scope
    Synonyms: lingkungan, ruang lingkup
  3. (figurative) location
    Synonyms: lokasi, daerah

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic *medanō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɛːa(n)/, (unstressed) /mɛa(n)/

Conjunction

medan

  1. while
    Kome seg heim att medan det er ljost ute.
    Get back home while it's still light out.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mæþan, mædhan, from Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic *medanō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²meːdan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /²meːdans/

Conjunction

medan

  1. while; during the same time that

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Volapük

Noun

medan (nominative plural medans)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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