Qadian
Meanings
name
- A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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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