Where does “Ahmedabad” come from?

Ahmedabad comes from Hindi अहमदाबाद, composed of a name element and Hindi -आबाद, a suffix meaning "city" or "settlement."

Ancestry of “Ahmedabad”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hindi	अहमदाबाद	—
2	Hindi	अहमद	{{w\|Ahmad Shah I}}
3	Classical Persian	اَحْمَد	—
4	Arabic	أَحْمَد	Ahmed
5	Classical Persian	جَان	—
6	Middle Persian	𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗	—
7	Proto-Iranian	*wyaHnáH	—
8	Proto-Indo-Iranian	wyaHnás	—
9	Proto-Indo-European	h₂enh₁‑	—

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