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jalandhar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
ja-land-har
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The son of Shiva.

name

A city and district in northwestern Punjab, India, famous for sports equipments.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?], from जल (jala, “water”) + अनदर (anadara, “inside”), because Shiva's son was born inside water.

Inflected Forms

Jullundur (alternative)

Questions

What does jalandhar mean?
The son of Shiva.
Where does jalandhar come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?], from जल (jala, “water”) + अनदर (anadara, “inside”), because Shiva's son was born inside water.

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