Etymology

mardana

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Today it means: A part of a house or palace reserved for men, especially on the Indian subcontinent. Full definition →

Hindi मर्दाना ← Urdu مردانہ ← Persian مردانه
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromمردانه
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromمردانہ
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromमर्दाना
  4. English todaymardana

Borrowed from Hindi मर्दाना (mardānā) / Urdu مردانہ (mardāna), from Persian مردانه (mardâne).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.