করিমগঞ্জ
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Bengali
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Etymology
[edit]From করিম (korim), which is ultimately from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm), + গঞ্জ (gonj, “marketplace”), from Classical Persian گنج (ganj). The town in Barak Valley was named after its founder, Muhammad Karim Chowdhury,[1] whilst the etymology of the town in Kishoreganj is disputed.[2]
Proper noun
[edit]করিমগঞ্জ • (korimogonj) (objective করিমগঞ্জ (korimogonj) or করিমগঞ্জকে (korimogonjoke), genitive করিমগঞ্জের (korimogonjer), locative করিমগঞ্জে (korimogonje))
- Karimganj (a town in Barak Valley Division)
- Karimganj (a town and upazila in the Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh)
Derived terms
[edit]- করিমগঞ্জী (kôrimgôñjī)
References
[edit]- ^ Choudhury, Achyut Charan (1916) “করিমগঞ্জের নামতত্ত্ব”, in Srihatter Itibritta: Uttorangsho[1] (in Bengali), Kolkata: Kotha, published 2000, page 111
- ^ “করিমগঞ্জ উপজেলার পটভূমি”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Karimgonj Upazila, 2019