मुरदाबाद
See also: मुरादाबाद
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मुर्दाबाद (murdābād)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian مرده باد, from مرده (morde, “dead”) + باد (bâd, “may ... be”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊɾ.d̪ɑː.bɑːd̪/
Interjection
मुरदाबाद • (murdābād) (Urdu spelling مرده باد)
- down with...!
- भारत मुरदाबाद ― bhārat murdābād ― down with India
- Antonym: ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मुरदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press