Goth (village)

Goth (Urdu: ـ گوٹھ ) means 'village' in Sindhi language. Goth is a prefix or postfix in village names in Rajasthan and Haryana in India, and Sindh in Pakistan. In Karachi, Goth can also be a small neighborhood populated mainly by the Sindhi people.

Examples include:

• Machi Goth
• Somar Goth
• Abdul Rehman Goth
• Rais Goth

Other parts of region and settlement names

• khel (Urdu: خیل ) means settlement or town. Example: Darra Adam Khel درہ آدم خیل.
• -abad (Urdu: ـ آباد ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamabad, Faisalabad.
• dera- (Urdu: ڈیره ـ ) means settlement or town. Example: Dera Ismail Khan.
• -garh (Urdu: ـ گڑھ ) means fort or settlement. Example: Islamgarh.
• Goth (Urdu: ـ گوٹھ ) means settlement or town. Example: Yousuf Goth.
• -istan (Urdu: ـستان ) means land. Example: Pakistan.
• -kot (Urdu: ـکوٹ ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamkot, Sialkot.
• -nagar (Urdu: ـ نگر ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamnagar.
• -pur (Urdu: ـ پُور ) means settlement or town. Example: Nasarpur.
• -wala (Urdu: ـوالا ) means settlement or town. Example: Gujranwala.

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