English
Saidpur
Saidpur comes from Bengali সৈয়দপুর.
- Bengalimodernসৈয়দপুরśōiẏdopur
- EnglishtodaySaidpur
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Bengalimodernসৈয়দপুরśōiẏdopur
- EnglishtodaySaidpur
The story
All are ultimately bilingual compounds of Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master”, specifically referring to the descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”), named in honor of various Sayyids who settled or preached there.
Every English word from Bengali সৈয়দপুর
Today it means
name A city in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali সৈয়দপুর / Saidpur