Where does “सूरत” come from?

सूरत (Hindi) comes from Gujarati સુરત, from Gujarati સૂર્યપુર.

सूरत (Hindi): face, countenance; form, look, appearance;...

Definitions

  1. face, countenance; form, look, appearance;...

Ancestry of “सूरत”, step by step

सूरत traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gujarati સુરત

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiસુરત
2Gujaratiસૂર્યપુર

via Classical Persian صورت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianصورت
2Arabicصُورَةimage; form, image
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