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- Persian · borrowed fromاورنگآباد
- English todayAurangabad
Ultimately from Persian اورنگآباد (Owrang-âbâd), named for اُوْرَنگزیب (Owrang-zib, “Aurangzeb”), the sixth Mughal emperor (r. 1658–1707).
First known use, by meaning
- 1610–1626 A large city, the headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.