দিনাজপুর

দিনাজপুর

Bengali

Nayabad Mosque, Dinajpur

Etymology

From দিনাজ (dinaj) + পুর (pur), from Sanskrit दिनराज (dinarāja, “sun”, literally "day-king"), a compound of दिन (dina, “day”) + राज (rāja, “king”), + पुर (pura, “city”), named in honor of the Dinaj rulers of the region.

Proper noun

দিনাজপুর • (dinajpur) (objective দিনাজপুর or দিনাজপুরকে, genitive দিনাজপুরের, locative দিনাজপুরে)

1. Dinajpur

   A city in Bangladesh.

   A former district of Bengal, now partitioned as Dinajpur District of Bangladesh and Uttar and Dakhsin Dinajpur districts of India

Derived terms

• দিনাজপুরী (dinajpurī)