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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Anatolian Turkish, being a compound of مهدی (the Mahdi) +‎ Old Anatolian Turkish قلی (the possessed form of قل (slave)), literally slave of the Mahdi; compare Azerbaijani Məhdiqulu, Chagatai مهدی‌قلی, Turkish Mehdikulu.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mahdīqulī
Dari reading? mahdīqulī
Iranian reading? mahdiğoli
Tajik reading? mahdiqulī

Proper noun

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Dari مهدیقلی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Маҳдиқулӣ

مهدیقلی (mahdiqoli)

  1. a male given name, Mahdiqoli, from Old Anatolian Turkish