English
Lalmonirhat District
Lalmonirhat District comes from Bengali লালমনিরহাট.
- Bengalimodernলালমনিরহাটlalomnirhaṭ
- EnglishtodayLalmonirhat District
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Bengalimodernলালমনিরহাটlalomnirhaṭ
- EnglishtodayLalmonirhat District
A compound of লাল ‘red’ + মণির + হাট ‘market’
Classical Persian لال
Bengali লাল ‘red’
Kannada ಹಟ್ಟ ‘a (movable) market’
Sanskrit হট্ট ‘a market, fair’
Prakrit 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝
Bengali হাট ‘market’
The story
Refers to the district of Lalmonirhat, which is a transliteration of Bengali লালমনিরহাট (lalomnirhaṭ), a corruption of লালমণিরহাট (lalomnirhaṭ), which is ultimately a compound of লাল (lal, “red”) + মণির (monir, the genitive of মণি (maṇi, “gem, jewel”)) + হাট (haṭ, “market”).
Every English word from Bengali লালমনিরহাট
Today it means
name One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali লালমনিরহাট / Lalmonirhat District