Ma'dann.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːˌdɑːn/, U.S.

/ˈmɑˌdɑn/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1700s Moaedan, 1900s– Ma'adan, 1900s– Ma'dan, 1900s– Madan.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic maʿdān.

Etymology: Apparently < literary Arabic maʿdān (in Iraqi Arabic miʿdān), the name of an Arab tribe.

A member of a semi-nomadic people inhabiting the area around Lake Hammar in south-eastern Iraq; a Marsh Arab. Cf. Marsh Arab n. and adj. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [noun]

MedeeOE

Persianc1375

Persec1384

Medianc1400

Lydian1545

Mesopotamian1553

Meccana1618

Ma'dan1792

Omanic1819

Iraqi1824

Yemenite1864

Sumerian1873

Akkadian1908

Yemeni1916

Marsh Arab1917

Medinese1922

Iraqian1923

Kuwaiti1928

Tehrani1939

Qatari1954

1792 R. Heron tr. C. Niebuhr Trav. Arabia II. xxiv. iv. 173 The lands between the Tigris and Euphrates are intersected by numerous canals, and are inhabited only by tribes practising agriculture, or Moædan.

1914 G. Bell Let. 22 Mar. (1927) I. xiii. 348 Yesterday afternoon we met a large caravan of Madan coming up from Meshed.

1917 Handbk. Mesopotamia (Admiralty) II. 67 The banks on both sides of the river [Tigris] are inhabited by..Arab tribes, the largest being, perhaps, the Beni Mālik.., and by Ma'adan or marsh Arabs.

1974 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 339/1 The true marsh people, the Ma'dan, keep only buffaloes.

1996 New Scientist 31 Aug. 24/1 In 1992, this naturally and historically rich region hit the news when the Ma'dan or Marsh Arabs—descendants of the ancient Sumerians—were ousted from their homeland by Saddam Hussein after he lost the Gulf War.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	madan
释义	Ma'dann. Brit. /ˈmɑːˌdɑːn/, U.S. /ˈmɑˌdɑn/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1700s Moaedan, 1900s– Ma'adan, 1900s– Ma'dan, 1900s– Madan. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic maʿdān. Etymology: Apparently < literary Arabic maʿdān (in Iraqi Arabic miʿdān), the name of an Arab tribe. A member of a semi-nomadic people inhabiting the area around Lake Hammar in south-eastern Iraq; a Marsh Arab. Cf. Marsh Arab n. and adj. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [noun] MedeeOE Persianc1375 Persec1384 Medianc1400 Lydian1545 Mesopotamian1553 Meccana1618 Ma'dan1792 Omanic1819 Iraqi1824 Yemenite1864 Sumerian1873 Akkadian1908 Yemeni1916 Marsh Arab1917 Medinese1922 Iraqian1923 Kuwaiti1928 Tehrani1939 Qatari1954 1792 R. Heron tr. C. Niebuhr Trav. Arabia II. xxiv. iv. 173 The lands between the Tigris and Euphrates are intersected by numerous canals, and are inhabited only by tribes practising agriculture, or Moædan. 1914 G. Bell Let. 22 Mar. (1927) I. xiii. 348 Yesterday afternoon we met a large caravan of Madan coming up from Meshed. 1917 Handbk. Mesopotamia (Admiralty) II. 67 The banks on both sides of the river [Tigris] are inhabited by..Arab tribes, the largest being, perhaps, the Beni Mālik.., and by Ma'adan or marsh Arabs. 1974 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 339/1 The true marsh people, the Ma'dan, keep only buffaloes. 1996 New Scientist 31 Aug. 24/1 In 1992, this naturally and historically rich region hit the news when the Ma'dan or Marsh Arabs—descendants of the ancient Sumerians—were ousted from their homeland by Saddam Hussein after he lost the Gulf War. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792
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