मुरदाबाद
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See also: मुरादाबाद
Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- मुर्दाबाद (murdābād)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرده باد, from مرده (murda, “dead”) + باد (bād, “may ... be”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
मुरदाबाद • (murdābād) (Urdu spelling مرده باد)
- down with..., death to...!
- Antonym: ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād)
- ज़ालिम मुरदाबाद ― zālim murdābād ― Death to tyrants!
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुरदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press