हिमाचल प्रदेश

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Compound of हिमाचल (himācal) +‎ प्रदेश (pradeś), literally the snow-region state. The name हिमाचल (himācal) was first used for the region by the scholar Acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.t͡ʃəl pɾə.d̪eːʃ/, [ɦɪ.mäː.t͡ʃɐl‿pɾɐ.d̪eːʃ]
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Proper noun edit

हिमाचल प्रदेश (himācal pradeśm (Urdu spelling ہماچل پردیش)

  1. Himachal Pradesh (a state of India)

Declension edit

See also edit