English
Karachi
Karachi comes from Sindhi ڪراچي.
- Sindhimodernڪراچيkarācī
- Urdumodernکراچیkarācī
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Karachi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sindhimodernڪراچيkarācī
- Urdumodernکراچیkarācī
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Karachi
Earliest quotation: 2017, Samira Shackle, On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers: “Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor…”
The story
Borrowed from Urdu کراچی (karācī) and Borrowed from Sindhi ڪراچي (karācī) / कराची, from earlier ڪولاچي (kolācī) / कोलाची, named after Mai Kolachi.
Every English word from Sindhi ڪراچي
Today it means
name The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sindhi ڪراچي / Karachi