मुरदाबाद

See also: मुरादाबाद

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुर्दाबाद (murdābād)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرده باد, from مرده (murda, “dead”) + باد (bād, “may ... be”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊɾ.d̪ɑː.bɑːd̪/, [mʊɾ.d̪äː.bäːd̪]

Interjection

मुरदाबाद • (murdābād) (Urdu spelling مرده باد)

1. down with..., death to...!

   Antonym: ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād)

   ज़ालिम मुरदाबाद ― zālim murdābād ― Death to tyrants!

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुरदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press