English Explanatory Dictionary

Sirajganj District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.

Word forms

Sirajganj District

Etymology

Named after a local zamindar called Sirajuddin Chowdhury; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic سراج (“lamp, lantern”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).

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