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- Bengali · borrowed fromব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া
- English todayBrahmanbaria District
Refers to the district of Brahmanbaria, a transliteration of Bengali ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া (brahmonbaṛiẏa), a compound of ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon, “Brahmin”) + বাড়ি (baṛi, “home”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, suffix to mean relationship), literally meaning "home of the Brahmins".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.