अलीगढ़

Hindi

Etymology

From अली (alī, Mughal governor Najaf Ali Khan) +‎ -गढ़ (-gaṛh, fort, stronghold). In pre-Mughal times it was known as कोइल (koil).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

अलीगढ़ • (alīgaṛhm (Urdu spelling علی گڑھ)

  1. Aligarh, Allygurh, Koil (a city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India)
  2. Aligarh (a Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India)

Declension

Declension of अलीगढ़ (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct अलीगढ़
alīgaṛh
oblique अलीगढ़
alīgaṛh
vocative अलीगढ़
alīgaṛh

See also

districts of Uttar Pradesh, India: उत्तर प्रदेश के जनपद (uttar pradeś ke janpad)edit
divisions of Uttar Pradesh, India: उत्तर प्रदेश के मंडल (uttar pradeś ke maṇḍal)edit