Multan

See also: multan and múltán

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:

From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna)/मूलस्थान (mūlasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient Hindu tribe”) +‎ स्थान (sthāna).^[1]^[2]
From Old Persian mulastāna (“frontier land”).^[3]

Proper noun

Multan

A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
A division of Punjab, Pakistan.

Translations

city in Pakistan

Bengali: মুল্তান (multan), মুলতান (bn) (mulotan)
Mandarin: 木爾坦 / 木尔坦 (Mù'ěrtǎn)
French: Multan (fr) m
Georgian: მულტანი (mulṭani)
German: Multan (de) n
Hindi: मुल्तान (multān), मुलतान (hi) m (multān), मूलस्थान (hi) m (mūlasthān)
Japanese: ムルタン (Murutan)
Marathi: मुल्तान (multān)
Odia: ମୁଲତାନ (or) (mulatāna)
Punjabi: ਮੁਲਤਾਨ (multān)
Russian: Мулта́н m (Multán)
Sanskrit: मूलस्थान (sa) m (mūlasthāna), मुलस्थान m (mulasthāna)
Urdu: ملتان (multān)

References

^ Moir, Zawahir; Shackle, Christopher (2013), Ismaili Hymns from South Asia: An Introduction to the Ginans, Routledge, →ISBN, page 186: “The name of the actual city of Multan derives from the same Sanskrit word (Sk mūlasthāna-).”
^ Calcutta Review, Volumes 92-93, University of Calcutta, 1891, 1891, page 223
^ Wink, André (2002), Al-Hind, Volume 1 Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 186

Anagrams

Lutman

[1] Moir, Zawahir; Shackle, Christopher (2013), Ismaili Hymns from South Asia: An Introduction to the Ginans, Routledge, →ISBN, page 186: “The name of the actual city of Multan derives from the same Sanskrit word (Sk mūlasthāna-).”

[2] Calcutta Review, Volumes 92-93, University of Calcutta, 1891, 1891, page 223

[3] Wink, André (2002), Al-Hind, Volume 1 Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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