ગાંધીનગર

/ˈɡɑn.d̪ʱi.nə.ɡəɾ/

From ગાંધી (gāndhī, “Gandhi”) + નગર (nagar, “city”), named after Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

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Gandhinagar (a city, the capital of Gujarat, India)


અશોક

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અશોક • (aśok) m

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અશોક • (aśok) m

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka),


ઝીણા

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ઝીણા • (jhīṇā) m

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ઝીણા • (jhīṇā) m

jhīṇā (romanization)
જિન્ના (alternative)
જિન્નાહ (alternative)

From the given name of ઝીણાભાઈ પૂંજા (jhīṇābhāī pū̃jā, “Jinnahbhai Poonja”).

a surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Jinnah, held by the Jinnah Family:

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), lawyer, politician and the founder of Pakistan

Fatima Jinnah (1893-1967), a Pakistani politician and stateswoman

મહમદઅલી ઝીણા ભારત-પાકિસ્તાનના ભાગલા માટે જવાબદાર હતા?

Was Muhammad Ali Jinnah responsible for the partition of India and Pakistan?

mahamdaalī jhīṇā bhārta-pākistānnā bhāglā māṭe javābdār hatā?

મહમદઅલી ઝીણાના મોટી પાનેલીના ઘરમાં કોણ રહે છે અને તેને વેચવા કેમ માગે છે?

Who lives in Muhammad Ali Jinnah's ancestral home and why does he want to sell it?

mahamdaalī jhīṇānā moṭī pānelīnā gharmā̃ koṇ rahe che ane tene vecvā kem māge che?


સિકંદર

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gu:ગુજરાતીલૅક્સિકન.કોમ
gu:છોટુભાઇ નાયક

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِکَنْدَر (sikandar), from earlier اِسْکَنْدَر (iskandar).

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નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “સિકંદર”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words] (in Gujarati), volume 4, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 142, column 1

અમીરમિયાં હમદૂમિયાં ફારૂકી (1926) “સિકંદર”, in ગુજરાતી ફારસી અરબી શબ્દકોશ (gujrātī phārsī arabī śabdakoś) [Gujarati, Persian, Arabic Dictionary] (in Gujarati), volume 2, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad], page 268, column 1

a male given name, Sikandar, from Persian or Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


ઇબ્રાહીમ

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ઇબ્રાહીમ • (ibrāhīm) m

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ઇબ્રાહીમ • (ibrāhīm) m

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ibrāhīm (romanization)
ઇબ્રાહિમ (alternative)
ઈબ્રાહિમ (alternative)
ઈબ્રાહીમ (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِبْرَاهِیم (ibrāhīm), from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm).

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Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)

ઇબ્રાહીમ લોદી

a male given name, Ibrahim, from Arabic, equivalent to English Abraham


ઈસુ

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ઈસુ • (īsu) m

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ઈસુ • (īsu) m

Etymology tree
Hebrew ישועbor.
Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)lbor.
Gujarati ઈસુ (īsu)
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs).

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ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “ઈસુ”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 1324.


ઈસા

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ઈસા • (īsā) m

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ઈસા • (īsā) m

(Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam.


લેનિન

Borrowed from English Lenin, from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin).

Vladimir Lenin (a Russian revolutionary and politician)


સ્ટાલિન

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સ્ટાલિન • (sṭālin) m

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સ્ટાલિન • (sṭālin) m

Borrowed from English Stalin, from Russian Сталин (Stalin).

Joseph Stalin (Russian [empire, republic] revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b))


મીરાંબાઈ

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મીરાંબાઈ • (mīrā̃bāī) f

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મીરાંબાઈ • (mīrā̃bāī) f

મીરાંબાઈ એ તેમની કવિતાઓ દ્વારા કૃષ્ણને ભક્તિ વ્યક્ત કર્યી।

Mirabai expressed her devotion to Krishna through her poetry.

mīrā̃bāī e temnī kavitāo dvārā kŕṣṇane bhakti vyakt karyī.


ગાંધી

Inherited from Apabhramsa गंधीय (gaṃdhīya), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀺𑀅 (gaṃdhia), from Sanskrit ગાન્ધિક (gāndhika, “perfumer”).

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Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāndhika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 221: “G. M. gā̃dhī m.”

વીરચંદ રાઘવજી ગાંધી ― vīrcand rāghavjī gāndhī ― Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

ગાંધી કુટુંબ પ્રથમ તો ગાંધિયાણાનો વેપાર કરનારું હોય એમ જણાય છે.

1925-1929, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા [satyanā prayogo athvā ātmakathā, The Story of My Experiments with Truth], Navajivan Trust:

It seems that [people of the] Gandhi lineage are originally [those who] do the business of grocery.


અલી

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અલી • (alī) m

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અલી • (alī) m

Borrowed from Classical Persian علی (alī), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “exalted, high”).

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Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam and the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad


અલી

(chiefly women's speech) term of address to a female friend


જરથુષ્ટ્ર

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જરથુષ્ટ્ર • (jarthuṣṭra) m

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જરથુષ્ટ્ર • (jarthuṣṭra) m

/ˈd͡ʒəɾ.t̪ʰuʃ.ʈɾə/

/ˈzəɾ.t̪ʰuʃ.ʈɾə/


માયા

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માયા • (māyā) f

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માયા • (māyā) f

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

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(Buddhism) Maya, the mother of Gautama Buddha


ટાગોર

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ટાગોર • (ṭāgor) m

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ટાગોર • (ṭāgor) m

Borrowed from English Tagore, anglicisation of Bengali ঠাকুর (ṭhakur). Doublet of ઠાકોર (ṭhākor).

Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, writer, composer and philosopher.


બાબર

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابر (bāḇur), from Chagatai [Term?].


તૈમુર

Borrowed from Chagatai تیمور (temür, literally “iron”), or introduced through Classical Persian تَیمور (tēmūr), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).

a male given name, Taimur or Taimoor, from Turkic, meaning “strong, steel”


અલાઉદ્દીન

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અલાઉદ્દીન • (alāuddīn) m

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અલાઉદ્દીન • (alāuddīn) m

alāuddīn (romanization)
અલાદીન (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَاءْاُلْدِّین (alā'-ulddīn), from Arabic عَلَاء الدِّين (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn). First attested in c. 1400 as Old Gujarati अलावदीन (alāvadīna).

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عَلَاءْاُلْدِّین

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عَلَاء الدِّين

Arabic عَلَاء الدِّين (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn)

a male given name, Alauddin, from Arabic, meaning “prestige of the religion”, equivalent to English Aladdin


શીરીન

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શીરીન • (śīrīn) f

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શીરીન • (śīrīn) f

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِیرِین (šīrīn).

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a female given name, Shirin, from Persian

Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)


ઔરંગઝેબ

auraṅgjheb (romanization)
ઓરંગઝેબ (alternative)

/ˈəu.ɾəŋ.ɡd͡ʒʱeːb/

Borrowed from Classical Persian اورنگزیب (awrang-zēḇ, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).

a male given name, Aurangzeb, from Persian


સુકરાત

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સુકરાત • (sukrāt) m

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સુકરાત • (sukrāt) m

Borrowed from Classical Persian سقراط (suqrāt), from Arabic سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ), from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs).


રાહુલ

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રાહુલ • (rāhul) m

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રાહુલ • (rāhul) m

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula).


ફાતિમા

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ફાતિમા • (phātimā) f

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ફાતિમા • (phātimā) f

phātimā (romanization)
ફાતેમા (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فاطمه (fātima), from Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima).

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a female given name, Fatima, from Arabic


અફલાતૂન

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અફલાતૂન • (aphalātūn) m

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અફલાતૂન • (aphalātūn) m

Borrowed from Classical Persian افلاطون (aflātūn), from Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

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Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn)

a male given name, Aflatun or Aflatoon, from Arabic, equivalent to English Plato


ફિરદોસી

Borrowed from Classical Persian فردوسی (firdawsī).


બાપુનગર

Named after Mahatma Gandhi, from બાપુ (bāpu, “endearing term for an elder male”) + -નગર (-nagar).

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બાપુ<t:endearing term for an elder male>

Bapunagar (an eastern suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India).