বীরভূম

Bengali

Etymology

Either a compound of:

• বীর (bir, “hero”) +‎ ভূম (bhum, “land”), literally “land of heroes”, or
• Santali ᱵᱤᱨ (bir, “forest”) +‎ ভূম (bhum, “land”), literally “forested land”.

Proper noun

বীরভূম • (bīrbhūm) (objective বীরভূম (birbhum) or বীরভূমকে (birbhumke), genitive বীরভূমের (birbhumer), locative বীরভূমে (birbhume))

1. Birbhum (a district of West Bengal).

Derived terms

• বীরভূমী (bīrbhūmī)