कंधार
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कंधार¹
- /kən.d̪ʱɑːɾ/ Hindi, Standard
- [kɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäːɾ] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्णधार (karṇadhāra). Doublet of कनहार (kanhār), कनहारा (kanhārā), and कर्णधार (karṇadhār), which exhibit regular sound changes but are now obsolete.
noun kandhār · कंडारी · कंधारी
-
helmsman, master of (a vessel), coxswain, sailor
Similar: माँझी
- boatman, rower
कंधार²
- /kən.d̪ʱɑːɾ/ Hindi, Standard
- [kɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäːɾ] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Classical Persian قَنْدَهَار (qandahār) or Pashto کندهار (kandahār). Possible Doublet of सिकंदर (sikandar), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros); or possible doublet of the Proto-Indo-Aryan historic name गांधार (gāndhār) / गंधार (gandhār), from Sanskrit गान्धार (gāndhāra) / गन्धार (gandhāra).
noun kandhār
- Kandahar (a city in southern Afghanistan)
- Kandahar (a province in southern Afghanistan)
In English
- Kandahar city and province in southern Afghanistan
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