कंधार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kən.d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [kɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäːɾ]

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• कंडारी (kaṇḍārī)
• कंधारी (kandhārī)

Noun

कंधार • (kandhār) m

1. (sailing) helmsman, master of (a vessel), coxswain, sailor

   Synonym: माँझी (māñjhī)

2. boatman, rower

Etymology 2

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

कंधार • (kandhār) m (indeclinable)

1. Kandahar (a city in southern Afghanistan)
2. Kandahar (a province in southern Afghanistan)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कंधार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha