Manikgonj District

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromमाणिक्य
2. Persian · derived fromگنج“treasury, store”
3. Bengali · derived fromমানিক“ruby”
4. English todayManikgonj District

Named after a Sufi preacher called Manik Shah; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali মানিক (manik, “ruby”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”); the first element is from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya), a vriddhi of मणिक (maṇika), a compound of मणि (maṇi, “gem, jewel”) + -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Words from the same roots