Amritsar

English

Location of the Amritsar district.

Etymology

From Sanskrit अमृत "nectar" + सरस् "lake, pool".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Amritsar

1. A large city in Punjab, India, formerly known as Ramdaspur and sometimes called Ambarsar.
2. The district (the second most populous in Punjab) which contains this city.

Translations

city in Punjab, India

• Bulgarian: Амри́тсар m (Amrítsar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆利則 / 阿姆利则 (zh) (Āmǔlìzé)

• French: Amritsar (fr) f
• German: Amritsar (de) f
• Hebrew: אמריצר ?
• Hindi: अमृतसर m (amŕtsar)
• Italian: Amritsar f
• Japanese: アムリトサル (Amuritosaru)
• Persian: امریتسار
• Portuguese: Amritsar f
• Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ m (ammritsar)
• Romanian: Amritsar m
• Russian: Амритса́р (ru) m (Amritsár)
• Spanish: Amritsar ?
• Turkish: Amritsar
• Urdu: امرتسر m (amritsar)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amritsar f

1. Amritsar (a district of Punjab, India)
2. Amritsar (a city, the district capital of Amritsar district, India)

Spanish

Proper noun

Amritsar ?

1. Amritsar (a city in India)