Panipat

P3A1N1I1P3A1T1

proper noun

A city and district of Haryana, India, where three important battles were fought.

OriginHindi पानीपत ← Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 ← Sanskrit पाण्डुप्रस्थ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city and district of Haryana, India, where three important battles were fought.

Origin

  1. Sanskritपाण्डुप्रस्थ“City of Pāṇḍu”
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢
  3. Hindiपानीपत
  4. EnglishPanipat

Borrowed from Hindi पानीपत (pānīpat), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (paṇṇapatta) or 𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pannapatta), from Sanskrit पाण्डुप्रस्थ (pāṇḍuprastha, “City of Pāṇḍu”), from पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “A character from the Mahabharata”) and प्रस्थ (prastha, “city”).

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