Etymograph

English

Gazipur District

Gazipur District comes from Arabic غَازِي ‘warrior, ghazi’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَازِيḡāzī‘warrior, ghazi’
  2. EnglishtodayGazipur District

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَازِيḡāzī‘warrior, ghazi’
  2. EnglishtodayGazipur District

The story

Refers to the district of Gazipur, a transliteration of গাজীপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “warrior, ghazi”, construct state of غَازِ (ḡāzi)) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Fazl Gazi, one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal and the first zamindar of Bhawal Estate.

Every English word from Arabic غَازِي

Today it means

name One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic غَازِي / Gazipur District

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