Etymology

Ghazwa-e-Hind

Today it means: A prophecy in some hadiths where an Islamic army invades and conquers the Indian subcontinent, as part of the events leading to the eventual apocalypse. Full definition →

Urdu غَزْوَۂ ہِنْد ← Classical Persian غزوهٔ هند ← Arabic غَزْوَة الْهِنْد
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromغَزْوَة الْهِنْد“battle of Hind (India)”
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromغزوهٔ هند
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromغَزْوَۂ ہِنْد
  4. English todayGhazwa-e-Hind

Borrowed from Urdu غَزْوَۂ ہِنْد (ġazva-yi hind), from Classical Persian غزوهٔ هند (ġazwa-yi hind), from Arabic غَزْوَة الْهِنْد (ḡazwa(t) al-hind, “battle of Hind (India)”).

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