Meanings
- A surname from Gujarati.
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Even friends and advisers working with [Zohran] Mamdani's campaign and like-minded allies on the city council, among the three dozen New York leaders who spoke with CNN, say privately that they fear Mamdani is behind in preparing for what's ahead if he wins November's election, as reliable public polls show he is in strong position to do.
2025 September 18, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Obama's advice, socialists' demands, meetings with skeptics: Inside Mamdani's prep to run New York City”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025- USgovernmentZohran Mamdani (born 1991), American politician, mayor of New York City since 2026.
Origin
- Arabicحَمَّدَ (ḥammada)
- Arabicمُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
- Classical Persianمُحَمَّد (muhammad)
- Classical Persianمَمَّد (mammad)
- Gujaratiમામદ (māmad)
- Gujaratiમામદાણી (māmdāṇī)translit.
- EnglishMamdani
Transliteration of Gujarati મામદાણી (māmdāṇī), a patronymic surname of મામદો (māmdo, “Muslim”, literally “Mohammedan”) or મામદ (māmad, “Muhammad”).
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Mamdani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mamdani
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