মুর্শিদাবাদ

Bengali

Katra Masjid, Murshidabad

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

• মুর্শিদাবাদী (murśidabadī)