Qadian
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Borrowed from Urdu قادیان (qādiyān), itself a corruption of قاضی ماضی (qāẓī māẓī), shortened to قادی (qādī), and eventually قادیان (qādiyān).
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Qadian
- A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.
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- Qadiani (derogatory)
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town in Punjab, India