Sherpur District

English

Location of the Sherpur District

Etymology

Refers to the district of Sherpur, a transliteration of শেরপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Classical Persian شیر (šēr, “lion”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Sher Ali Gazi, the last zamindar of the region.

Proper noun

Sherpur District

1. One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh

Translations

Sherpur District

• Arabic: ضِلْع شِيرْفُور (ḍilʕ šīrfūr)
• Bengali: শেরপুর জেলা (bn) (śerpur zela)
• Hindi: शेरपुर ज़िला (śerpur zilā)
• Persian: ضلع شیرپور (zel' širpur)
• Urdu: شیرپور ضلع (śerpūr zila)
• Uyghur: شەرپۇر رايونى (sherpur rayoni)

See also

districts of Mymensingh Division, West Bengaledit

• Jamalpur District
• Mymensingh District
• Netrokona District
• Sherpur District