Etymology

Mamdani

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Today it means: A surname from Gujarati. Full definition →

Gujarati મામદાણી (māmdāṇī)translit. ← Classical Persian مَمَّد (mammad) ← Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
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  1. Arabicحَمَّدَ (ḥammada)
  2. Arabicمُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
  3. Classical Persianمُحَمَّد (muhammad)
  4. Classical Persianمَمَّد (mammad)
  5. Gujaratiમામદ (māmad)
  6. Gujaratiમામદાણી (māmdāṇī)translit.
  7. English todayMamdani

Transliteration of Gujarati મામદાણી (māmdāṇī), a patronymic surname of મામદો (māmdo, “Muslim”, literally “Mohammedan”) or મામદ (māmad, “Muhammad”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.