s. m, Corruption of the Persian word Maidán. A plain, an open field, an area; a battle-field:—madán hoṉá, jaṉá, v. n. lit. To go to a field; to go to stool:—madán karná, v. a. To raze to the ground; to fight:—madán márná, v. a. To win a battle:—madán wichch áuṉá, v. n. To come out to fight.