Gazipur District

English

Location of the Gazipur District

Etymology

Refers to the district of Gazipur, a transliteration of গাজীপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “warrior, ghazi”, construct state of غَازِ (ḡāzi)) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Fazl Gazi, one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal and the first zamindar of Bhawal Estate.

Proper noun

Gazipur District

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

Translations

Gazipur District

• Arabic: ضِلْع غَازِيپُور (ḍilʕ ḡāzīpūr)
• Bengali: গাজীপুর জেলা (bn) (gazīpur zela)
• Hindi: ग़ाज़ीपुर ज़िला (ġāzīpur zilā)
• Persian: ضلع غازیپور (zel' ğâzipur)
• Urdu: غازیپور ضلع (ghāzīpūr zila)
• Uyghur: غازىپۇر رايونى (ghazipur rayoni)