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Manikgonj District

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Etymology edit

Named after a Sufi preacher called Manik Shah; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali মানিক (manik, “ruby”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”); the first element is from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya), a vriddhi of मणिक (maṇika), a compound of मणि (maṇi, “gem, jewel”) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Proper noun edit

Manikgonj District

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

Translations edit

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