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মেদিনীপুর

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Bengali

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Etymology

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From মেদিনী (medinī), from Middle Bengali মাদানী (madani, Medinan) which is ultimately from Arabic مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy), + পুর (pur, city), from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Named after the 17th-century scholar Haji Mustafa Madani.[1]

Proper noun

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মেদিনীপুর (medinīpur) (objective মেদিনীপুর (medinipur) or মেদিনীপুরকে (medinipurke), genitive মেদিনীপুরের (medinipurer), locative মেদিনীপুরে (medinipure))

  1. Midnapore
    A city in West Bengal.
    A former district of West Bengal.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shahidullah, Muhammad (1963 February) “হজরত মৌলানা শাহ সুফী মুহম্মদ আবূ বকর সিদীকী (রঃ)”, in ইসলাম প্রসঙ্গ (in Bengali), 1 edition, Dacca: Mawla Brothers