અલાઉદ્દીન

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• અલાદીન (alādīn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَاءْاُلْدِّین (alā'-ulddīn), from Arabic عَلَاء الدِّين (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn). First attested in c. 1400 as Old Gujarati अलावदीन (alāvadīna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈə.lɑud̪.d̪in/

Proper noun

અલાઉદ્દીન • (alāuddīn) m

1. Alauddin Khilji
2. a male given name, Alauddin, from Arabic, meaning “prestige of the religion”, equivalent to English Aladdin

Further reading

• “અલાઉદ્દીન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.