Meanings
- A state in eastern India. Capital: Ranchi. Largest city: Jamshedpur.
The first reported attack in Jharkhand took place on Friday. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, is alleged to have been burned to death in an apparent revenge attack carried out after she reported a previous gang-rape attack to village chiefs, investigators said.
2018 May 7, Sugam Pokharel, Huizhong Wu, Ben Westcott, “Second teenager allegedly raped and set ablaze within days in India”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2018
Origin
- Hindiझारखंड
- EnglishJharkhand
Borrowed from Hindi झारखंड (jhārkhaṇḍ): elements meaning "forest region" or "bushland".
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Arabic جهارخاند
- جهارخاند (jharḵānd)state in eastern India
Bengali ঝাড়খণ্ড
- ঝাড়খণ্ড (jhaṛokhonḍo)state in eastern India
Bulgarian Джаркха́нд
- Джаркха́нд (Džarkhánd)state in eastern India
Chinese Mandarin 恰爾康得邦 /恰尔康得邦
- 恰爾康得邦 /恰尔康得邦 (Qià'ěrkāngde-bāng)state in eastern India
Czech Džhárkhand
- Džhárkhandstate in eastern India
Dutch Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
Esperanto Ĝharkhando
- Ĝharkhandostate in eastern India
Finnish Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
French Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
German Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
Greek Τζαρκάντ
- Τζαρκάντ (Tzarkánt)state in eastern India
Hebrew ג׳הרקאנד
- ג׳הרקאנדstate in eastern India
Hindi झारखंड, झारखण्ड
- झारखंड (jhārkhaṇḍ)state in eastern India
- झारखण्ड (jhārkhaṇḍ)state in eastern India
Hungarian Dzshárkhand
- Dzshárkhandstate in eastern India
Japanese ジャールカンド州, ジャールカンド
- ジャールカンド州 (Jārukando-shū)state in eastern India
- ジャールカンド (Jārukando)state in eastern India
Korean 자르칸드 주, 자르칸드
- 자르칸드 주 (Jareukandeu ju)state in eastern India
- 자르칸드 (Jareukandeu)state in eastern India
Latvian Džhārkhanda
- Džhārkhandastate in eastern India
Lithuanian Džarkandas
- Džarkandasstate in eastern India
Persian جارکند
- جارکندstate in eastern India
Portuguese Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
Punjabi ਝਾਰਖੰਡ
- ਝਾਰਖੰਡ (jhārkhaṇḍ)state in eastern India
Russian Джаркха́нд
- Джаркха́нд (Džarkxánd)state in eastern India
Slovak Džhárkhand
- Džhárkhandstate in eastern India
Spanish Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
Swedish Jharkhand
- Jharkhandstate in eastern India
Tamil சார்க்கண்ட்
- சார்க்கண்ட் (cārkkaṇṭ)state in eastern India
Thai ฌารขัณฑ์
- ฌารขัณฑ์ (chaa-rá-kǎn)state in eastern India
Ukrainian Джхаркха́нд
- Джхаркха́нд (Džxarkxánd)state in eastern India
Urdu جھارکھنڈ
- جھارکھنڈstate in eastern India
Cite this entry
Jharkhand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jharkhand
“Jharkhand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jharkhand. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jharkhand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jharkhand.
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