Gandhara en · PROPN
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).
Meanings
- (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- (poetic, qualifier: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.
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Translations (20)
my ဂန္ဓာရ (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · elx 𒃷𒁕𒊏 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · sa गन्धार (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · elx 𒃷𒁕𒌇 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · hi गंधार (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · akk 𒃶𒁕𒊑 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · ae 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · akk 𒂵𒀭𒁕𒊑 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · te గాంధారము (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · akk 𒅗𒀭𒁕𒊏 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · peo 𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · pl Gandhara (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · akk 𒃶𒁕𒅈 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · akk 𒃶𒁕𒊏 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · ne गंधार (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · cmn 犍陀羅 /犍陀罗 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · ru Гандхара (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · grc Παροπαμισάδαι (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · pgd 𐨒𐨎𐨢𐨪 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) · elx 𒋡𒅔𒁕𒅕 (ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan)