Multan

See also: multan and múltán

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:

• From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient tribe”).
• From Old Persian mulastāna (“frontier land”).

Proper noun

Multan

2. A city in Punjab, Pakistan

Translations

city in Pakistan

• Bengali: মুল্তান (multan), মুলতান (bn) (mulotan)

  Mandarin: 木爾坦／木尔坦 (Mù'ěrtǎn)

• Georgian: მულტანი (mulṭani)
• Hindi: मुल्तान (multān), मुलतान (hi) m (multān)
• Japanese: ムルタン (Murutan)
• Marathi: मुल्तान (multān)
• Odia: ମୁଲତାନ (or) (mulatāna)
• Punjabi: ਮੁਲਤਾਨ (multān)
• Russian: Мулта́н m (Multán)
• Urdu: ملتان (multān)

Anagrams

• Lutman