Madaripur District

English

Location of the Madaripur District

Etymology

Named after the saint-preacher Shah Madar; thus ultimately a trilingual compound of Arabic مَدَار (madār, “orbit”) + Bengali -ঈ (-i, adjectival suffix) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”). The Bengali suffix itself is influenced by both Sanskrit and Arabic

Proper noun

Madaripur District

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

Translations

Madaripur District

• Bengali: মাদারীপুর জেলা (bn) (madaripur jela)