English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).
Proper noun
Gandhara
- (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Synonym: Paropamisadae
- (poetic, otherwise obsolete) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.
- (historical) North-West Frontier Province, proposed as a rename before Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was chosen in 2010. Was favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations.
Derived terms
Translations
ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋡𒅔𒁕𒅕 (ka₄-in-da-ir /Kandair/), 𒃷𒁕𒊏 (kán-da-ra /Kandara/), 𒃷𒁕𒌇 (kán-da-ráš /Kandaraš/)
- Burmese: ဂန္ဓာရ (gandhara.)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 犍陀羅 / 犍陀罗 (zh) (Jiāntuóluó)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι (Paropamisádai)
- Hindi: गांधार (hi) (gāndhār), गान्धार (hi) m (gāndhār)
- Late Babylonian: 𒂵𒀭𒁕𒊑 (ga-an-da-ri /Gandari/), 𒃶𒁕𒅈 (gan-da-ar /Gandar/), 𒃶𒁕𒊏 (gan-da-ra /Gandara/), 𒃶𒁕𒊑 (gan-da-ri /Gandari/), 𒅗𒀭𒁕𒊏 (ka-an-da-ra /Kandara/)
- Nepali: गान्धार (ne) (gāndhār)
- Old Persian: 𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 (Gaⁿdāra)
- Russian: Гандхара (Gandxara)
- Sanskrit: गान्धार (sa) m (gāndhāra)
- Telugu: గాంధారము (te) (gāndhāramu)
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