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gandhara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
gand-hara
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

name

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.

name

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).

Derived Forms

Gandharan

Synonyms

Paropamisadae

Questions

What does gandhara mean?
An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Where does gandhara come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).

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