मुरदाबाद
See also: मुरादाबाद
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मुर्दाबाद (murdābād)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرده باد, from مرده (murda, “dead”) + باد (bād, “may ... be”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊɾ.d̪ɑː.bɑːd̪/, [mʊɾ.d̪äː.bäːd̪]
Interjection
मुरदाबाद • (murdābād) (Urdu spelling مرده باد)
- down with..., death to...!
- Antonym: ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād)
- ज़ालिम मुरदाबाद ― zālim murdābād ― Death to tyrants!
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुरदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press