Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maidan \Mai*dan"\, n. [Written also {midan}, {meidan}, {mydan},
   etc.] [Hind. & Per. maid[=a]n, fr. Ar. maid[=a]n.]
   In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military
   exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an
   esplanade.

         A gallop on the green maidan.            --M. Crawford.