جيڪب آباد

See also: جیکب آباد

Sindhi

Etymology

Named after John Jacob (East India Company officer). Renaming of خانْڳَڙھ (xāng̠aṛh, “Khangarh”) to جيڪَب (jekab) +‎ ـآباد (-ābād, “placename suffix”).

Proper noun

جيڪَب آباد • (jekab ābād) m[1]

  1. Jacobabad (a city in Siro, Sindh, Pakistan)

References

  1. ^ Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “جيڪب آباد”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 678
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