বাগেরহাট
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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:[1]
- 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
Proper noun
বাগেরহাট • (bagerhaṭ)
- Bagerhat (a city in the Bagerhat District, Bangladesh)
- Bagerhat District (a district of Bangladesh)
References
- ^ “'বাঘ' থেকেই কি 'বাগেরহাট'?”, in Banglanews24 (in Bengali), 2016 December 20 (last accessed)