The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromपुर“fortress, town”
- Arabic · derived fromفَرِيد“single, unique”
- English todayFaridpur District
Named after the mystic-preacher Fariduddin Ganjshakar; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic فَرِيد (farīd, “single, unique”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicفَرِيد all →
Fareed
Sanskritपुर all →
AnantapurRatnapuraHarimaupuraMadaripur DistrictPirojpur District-poreSaidpurSri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.