Huh TIL the word maidan means roughly the same thing in Ukrainian as in Hindi, both derived from Arabic for public square.
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I’ve heard that Sanskrit and Russian (and by similarity, other slavic languages) have common roots. Could be wrong tho
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it's actually persian
it originated from mai (wine) + -dan (place of) in old farsi it referred to the wine makers open bazar. it's different than mai-kadeh (house of) meaning tavern.
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