Rawalpindi

English

Alternative forms

• Rawulpindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Panjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/, /rɔːlˈpɪndi/

Proper noun

Rawalpindi

1. A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
2. A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
3. (metonymically) The military of Pakistan.
   • 2018 January 5, Suhasini Haidar, “U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India”, in The Hindu‎^[1]:

     “It is a welcome first step. [We] hope it will get Rawalpindi (Pakistan’s military) thinking,” a senior official told The Hindu, although the government issued no formal reaction to the development.

Translations

city

• Bengali: রাওলপিণ্ডী (raolpiṇḍī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉瓦爾品第／拉瓦尔品第 (zh) (Lāwǎ'ěrpǐndì)

• Georgian: რავალპინდი (ravalṗindi)
• Hindi: रावलपिंडी (rāvalpiṇḍī)
• Japanese: ラワルピンディー (Rawarupindī)
• Korean: 라왈핀디 (rawalpindi)
• Marathi: रावळपिंडी (rāvaḷpiṇḍī)
• Persian: راولپندی (râvalpendi)
• Punjabi: ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ (rāvlapiṇḍī)
• Russian: Равалпи́нди m (Ravalpíndi)
• Urdu: راولپنڈی (rāvalpiṇḍī)