English Explanatory Dictionary

Ghazwa-e-Hind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A prophecy in some hadiths where an Islamic army invades and conquers the Indian subcontinent, as part of the events leading to the eventual apocalypse.
  2. Alleged attempts by Islamist groups to conquer the Republic of India.

Word forms

Ghazwa-e-Hind Gajwa-e-Hind Gazwa-e-Hind Ghazwat ul Hind

Etymology

Partly re-Arabized form of Urdu غزوہ ہند (ġazvā-e hind), from Classical Persian غزوهٔ هند (ġazwa-yi hind), from Arabic غزوة الهند (“battle of Hind [India]”).

Related words

Akhand Bharat the Hindutva scenario of total rule over India and nearby countries
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