The story
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todayAhmedabad
Borrowed from Hindustani اَحْمَد آباد (aḥmad ābād) / अहमदाबाद (ahmadābād). Named after the ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate, Ahmad Shah I (reigned 1411 - 1442). By surface analysis, Ahmed + -abad.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.