Where does “વડાપ્રધાન” come from?

વડાપ્રધાન (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati પ્રધાન, from Sanskrit प्रधान, from Sanskrit प्रधत्ते — to place before.

વડાપ્રધાન (Gujarati): prime minister

Definitions

  1. prime minister

Ancestry of “વડાપ્રધાન”, step by step

વડાપ્રધાન traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gujarati પ્રધાન

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiપ્રધાનchief
2Sanskritप्रधानchief, foremost, most important; pre-eminent;...
3Sanskritप्रधत्तेto place before

via Gujarati વડું

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiવડુંgreat, big
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