Pradesh
Pradesh refers to a province or state in various South Asian languages. It is written प्रदेश in Devanagari script, প্রদেশ in Eastern Nagari script, પ્રદેશ in Gujarati script, ಪ್ರದೇಶ in Kannada script, പ്രദേശം in Malayalam script, ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu script, பிரதேசம்
piratecam in Tamil script, and پردیش in Nasta'liq script. The same word was borrowed into Thai as ประเทศ
prathet, Lao as ປະເທດ
pathet and Khmer as ប្រទេស
brotes, meaning "nation". Currently, there are five Indian states whose official name bears the word
pradesh: ▪ Andhra Pradesh, homeland of the Andhras or Telugus ▪ Arunachal Pradesh,
Arunacha =
Land of the Sun ▪ Himachal Pradesh,
Himachal/Himalayas =
Snowy land ▪ Madhya Pradesh, Central Province, replacing the former Central India Provinces which was later...