The story
- Persian · derived fromگنج“treasury, store”
- Bengali · derived fromগোপাল“cowherd”
- English todayGopalganj District
Named after Nabo Gopal, the son of a local landlord called Ganeshchandra, the grandson of Rani Rashmoni; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali গোপাল (gōpal, “cowherd”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).
Words from the same roots
Persianگنج all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.