Gandhara
Gandhara proper noun: an ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Proper noun
Gandhara
- An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Synonyms:
- Paropamisadae
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.
- North-West Frontier Province, proposed as a rename before Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was chosen in 2010. Was favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations.
Gandhara meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
Gandhara in Hindi
- ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan
- गंधार gandhār
Gandhara in Tamil
- சாரல்
Gandhara in Telugu
- ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan
- గాంధారము gāndhāramu
Gandhara in Sanskrit
- ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan
- गन्धार gandhāra
More languagesFewer languages
- Gandhara in Nepali
- गंधार gandhār
- Gandhara in Myanmar
- ဂန္ဓာရ gandhara.
Synonyms of Gandhara
Origin of Gandhara
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).
Words formed from Gandhara
Questions about Gandhara
- What does Gandhara mean?
- Gandhara means an ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- What is Gandhara in Hindi?
- Gandhara in Hindi is गंधार (gandhār). See Gandhara meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Gandhara?
- Gandhara is a proper noun.
Words near Gandhara in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Gandhara (page history and authors); gandhara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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