Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qadian

/ˈkɑː.dɪ.jɑːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qa-di-an
IPA: /ˈkɑː.dɪ.jɑːn/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu قادیان (qādiyān), itself a corruption of قاضی ماضی (qāẓī māẓī), shortened to قادی (qādī), and eventually قادیان (qādiyān).

Inflected Forms

Qadiyan (alternative) Kadian (alternative)

Derived Forms

Qadiani

Questions

How do you pronounce qadian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑː.dɪ.jɑːn/.
What does qadian mean?: A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.
Where does qadian come from?: Borrowed from Urdu قادیان (qādiyān), itself a corruption of قاضی ماضی (qāẓī māẓī), shortened to قادی (qādī), and eventually قادیان (qādiyān).

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