মুর্শিদাবাদ

Bengali

Etymology

From মুর্শিদ (murśid, “guide”), which is ultimately from Arabic مُرْشِد (muršid), + আবাদ (abad, suffix denoting an inhabited area), from Classical Persian آباد (ābād). Named after the first Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /muɾʃid̪abad̪/, [ˈmuɾʃid̪abad̪]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /muɹʃid̪abad̪/, [ˈmuɹʃid̪abad̪]

Proper noun

মুর্শিদাবাদ • (murśidabad) (objective মুর্শিদাবাদ (murśidabad) or মুর্শিদাবাদকে (murśidabadoke), genitive মুর্শিদাবাদের (murśidabader), locative মুর্শিদাবাদে (murśidabade))

  1. Murshidabad (a city in West Bengal)
    a district of West Bengal.

Derived terms

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