Jaichand

The story

1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromजयचन्द्र“Jayachandra”
2. Sanskrit · derived fromजय“victory”
3. Hindi · borrowed fromजयचन्द
4. English todayJaichand

Borrowed from Hindi जयचन्द (jaycand) / जयचंद (jaycand), from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + चन्द्र (candra, “moon”); the Hindi variant of Sanskrit जयचन्द्र (jayacandra, “Jayachandra”), a Gahadavala king whose rule immediately preceded the Ghurid Muslim conquest of much of India, and who was the accused in the poem Prithviraj Raso of conspiring with the Ghurids against India in order to defeat his rival Prithviraj Chauhan.

Words from the same roots