Etymology

Chitral

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Today it means: A princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Full definition →

Hindustani ← khw چھترار ← Sanskrit क्षेत्र
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromक्षेत्र
  2. khw · derived fromچھترار“field”
  3. Hindustani · borrowed from
  4. English todayChitral

From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra).

Words from the same roots

Sanskritक्षेत्र all →

kshetra

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