Etymology

Aurangzeb

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Today it means: Muhyi'd-Din Muhammad (1618–1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years. Full definition →

Classical Persian اورنگزیب
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromاورنگزیب
  2. English todayAurangzeb

From Classical Persian اورنگزیب (awrang-zēb, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.