বাগেরহাট

Bengali

Etymology

The name is compounded from two elements, the second of which is হাট (haṭ, “market”), since the city was named after a market. The first element is disputed; there are many possibilities about the origin of the name:

• a corruption of বাঘেরহাট (bagherhaṭ), a compound of বাঘ (bagh, “tiger”) +‎ -এর (-er, “of”) +‎ হাট (haṭ, “market”), since the Sundarbans are located near it, where many tigers used to live in the past.
• a corruption of বাকেরহাট (bakerhaṭ), a compound of বাকের (baker) + হাট (haṭ), with the first element from Arabic بَاقِر (bāqir, “opener”), referring to a former Muslim ruler of the region, possibly Bakir Khan or Mirza Agha Baqer, after whom the nearby বাকেরগঞ্জ (bakergonj) town was named.
• a compound of বাগ (bag, “garden”) +‎ -এর (-er) +‎ হাট (haṭ), named after a garden near the market which was built by Khan Jahan Ali, a former ruler of the region.
• a corruption of বাঁকেরহাট (bãkerhaṭ), a compound of বাঁক (bãk, “bend”) + -এর (-er) + হাট (haṭ), since the market was established near the bend of a river.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /baɡeɾɦaʈ/, [ˈbaɡeɾɦaʈ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /baɡeɾɦat/, [ˈbaɡeɾɦat]

Proper noun

বাগেরহাট • (bagerhaṭ)

1. Bagerhat (a city in the Bagerhat District, Bangladesh)
2. Bagerhat District (a district of Bangladesh)