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fatehpur sikri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
fateh-pur sikri
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in India

Etymology

From Hindustani फ़तेहपुर सीकरी (fatehpur sīkrī) / فَتْحْپُور سِیکْرِی (fathpūr sīkrī), a compound of फ़तेहपुर (fatehpur) / فَتْحْپُور (fathpūr, literally “city or town of victory”) + सीकरी (sīkrī) / سِیکْرِی (sīkrī, the name of the village which previously stood there).

Inflected Forms

Fathpur Sikri (alternative) Fatḥpūr Sīkrī (alternative)

Questions

What does fatehpur sikri mean?
A town in India
Where does fatehpur sikri come from?
From Hindustani फ़तेहपुर सीकरी (fatehpur sīkrī) / فَتْحْپُور سِیکْرِی (fathpūr sīkrī), a compound of फ़तेहपुर (fatehpur) / فَتْحْپُور (fathpūr, literally “city or town of victory”) + सीकरी (sīkrī) / سِیکْرِی (sīkrī, the name of the village which previously stood there).

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