করিমগঞ্জ

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Bengali

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Etymology

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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

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করিমগঞ্জ (korimogonj) (objective করিমগঞ্জ (korimogonj) or করিমগঞ্জকে (korimogonjoke), genitive করিমগঞ্জের (korimogonjer), locative করিমগঞ্জে (korimogonje))

  1. Karimganj (a town in Barak Valley Division)
    1. A district of Assam.
  2. Karimganj (a town and upazila in the Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Choudhury, Achyut Charan (1916) “করিমগঞ্জের নামতত্ত্ব”, in Srihatter Itibritta: Uttorangsho[1] (in Bengali), Kolkata: Kotha, published 2000, page 111
  2. ^ করিমগঞ্জ উপজেলার পটভূমি”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Karimgonj Upazila, 2019