અલાઉદ્દીન
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- અલાદીન (alādīn)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَاءْاُلْدِّین (alā'-ulddīn), from Arabic عَلَاء الدِّين (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn). First attested in c. 1400 as Old Gujarati अलावदीन (alāvadīna).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈə.lɑud̪.d̪in/
Proper noun
અલાઉદ્દીન • (alāuddīn) m
- Alauddin Khilji
- a male given name, Alauddin, from Arabic, meaning “prestige of the religion”, equivalent to English Aladdin
Further reading
- “અલાઉદ્દીન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.