English
Jamalpur District
Jamalpur District comes from Arabic جمال ‘beauty’, and goes back to جَمُلَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَمُلَjamula‘to be beautiful’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجمال‘beauty’
- Bengalimodernজামালপুর
- EnglishtodayJamalpur District
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَمُلَjamula‘to be beautiful’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجمال‘beauty’
- Bengalimodernজামালপুর
- EnglishtodayJamalpur District
The story
Refers to the district of Jamalpur, a transliteration of Bengali জামালপুর (jamalpur), ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic جمال (‘beauty’) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Baba Shah Jamal.
Every English word from Arabic جَمُلَ
Today it means
name One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَمُلَ / Jamalpur District