বীরভূম

Bengali

Etymology

Either a compound of:

  • বীর (bir, “hero”) +‎ ভূম (bhum, “land”), literally “land of heroes”, or
  • Santali ᱵᱤᱨ (bir, “forest”) +‎ ভূম (bhum, “land”), literally “forested land”.

Proper noun

বীরভূম • (bīrbhūm) (objective বীরভূম (birbhum) or বীরভূমকে (birbhumke), genitive বীরভূমের (birbhumer), locative বীরভূমে (birbhume))

  1. Birbhum (a district of West Bengal)

Derived terms

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