मुरदाबाद

See also: मुरादाबाद

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुर्दाबाद (murdābād)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎, from ‎ (morde, “dead”) + ‎ (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

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