English
Hyderabad
Hyderabad comes from Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد.
- Urdumodernحَیْدَر آبَادhaydar ābād
- Hindic. 1500–presentहैदराबादhaidarābād
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Hyderabad
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Urdumodernحَیْدَر آبَادhaydar ābād
- Hindic. 1500–presentहैदराबादhaidarābād
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Hyderabad
Earliest quotation: 1995, The Indian Political Science Review: “Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad,…”
The story
Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.
Every English word from Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد
Today it means
name The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد / Hyderabad