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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiअहमदाबाद—
2Hindiअहमद{{w|Ahmad Shah I}}
3Classical Persianاَحْمَد—
4ArabicأَحْمَدAhmed
5Classical Persianجَان—
6Middle Persian𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗—
7Proto-Iranian*wyaHnáH—
8Proto-Indo-IranianwyaHnás—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁‑to breathe

Words derived from “Ahmedabad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH →