Meanings
alternative Haidarabad
- A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad, India, into a family with a long religious tradition.
1995, The Indian Political Science Review, volume 16, page 2251 more example
At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.
2008, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 916
Origin
- Urduحَیْدَر آبَاد
- Hindiहैदराबाद
- EnglishHyderabad
Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد (haydar ābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حَیْدَر (haydar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آبَاد (ābād, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَيْدَر أَبَاد
- حَيْدَر أَبَاد (ḥaydar ʔabād)capital of Telangana
Bengali হায়দ্রাবাদ, হায়দরাবাদ
- হায়দ্রাবাদ (ḣaẏdrabad)capital of Telangana
- হায়দরাবাদ (ḣaẏdorabad)capital of Telangana
Bulgarian Хайдараба́д, Хайдераба́д
- Хайдараба́д (Hajdarabád)capital of Telangana
- Хайдераба́д (Hajderabád)capital of Telangana
- Хайдараба́д (Hajdarabád)city in Sindh, Pakistan
Chinese Mandarin 海得拉巴, 海德拉巴
- 海得拉巴 (Hǎidelābā)capital of Telangana
- 海德拉巴 (Hǎidélābā)capital of Telangana
- 海得拉巴 (Hǎidélābā)city in Sindh, Pakistan
- 海德拉巴 (Hǎidélābā)city in Sindh, Pakistan
Finnish Hyderabad
- Hyderabadcapital of Telangana
French Hyderābād
- Hyderābādcapital of Telangana
Hebrew היידראבאד
- היידראבאדcapital of Telangana
Hindi हैदराबाद
- हैदराबाद (haidarābād)capital of Telangana
Hungarian Haidarábád
- Haidarábádcapital of Telangana
Japanese ハイデラバード
- ハイデラバード (Haiderabādo)capital of Telangana
Korean 하이데라바드
- 하이데라바드 (Haiderabadeu)capital of Telangana
Lithuanian Haidarabadas, Haidarabadas
- Haidarabadascapital of Telangana
- Haidarabadascity in Sindh, Pakistan
Persian حیدرآباد
- حیدرآباد (heydar-âbâd)capital of Telangana
Portuguese Hyderabad, Hiderabade
- Hyderabadcapital of Telangana
- Hiderabadecapital of Telangana
Punjabi ਹੈਦਰਾਬਾਦ
- ਹੈਦਰਾਬਾਦ (haidrābād)capital of Telangana
Russian Хайдараба́д
- Хайдараба́д (Xajdarabád)capital of Telangana
Spanish Hyderabad
- Hyderabadcapital of Telangana
Tamil ஐதராபாத், ஹைதரபாத்து
- ஐதராபாத் (aitarāpāt)capital of Telangana
- ஹைதரபாத்து (haitarapāttu)capital of Telangana
Turkish Haydarabad
- Haydarabadcapital of Telangana
Urdu حیدر آباد, حیدرآباد
- حیدر آباد (haidar ābād)capital of Telangana
- حیدرآبادcity in Sindh, Pakistan
Cite this entry
Hyderabad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hyderabad
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