Rawalpindi

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
  2. A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
  3. The military of Pakistan. metonymically
    — “It is a welcome first step. [We] hope it will get Rawalpindi (Pakistan’s military) thinking,” a senior official told The Hindu, although the government issued no formal reaction to the development.

词形变化

Rawulpindi alternative

词源

Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Punjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”). The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.
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