جونپور

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • جون پور (jaun pūr)

Etymology

After Muhammad Fakhr Malik Jauna Khan bin Tughluq; literally Jauna's town, جون (jon) +‎ ـپور (-por).

Proper noun

جونپور • (jaunpūr) m (Hindi spelling जौनपुर)

  1. Jaunpur; a district of Uttar Pradesh, India
    Synonym: ضلع جونپور (ẓilaʻ jaunpūr)
    1. a city in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India
    2. a Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India
    3. a Legislative Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. the former Jaunpur Sultanate.
    Synonym: سلطنت جونپور (saltanat-e-jaunpūr)

Derived terms

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