The story
- Arabic · derived fromمَوْلَوِيّ“maulvi, master”
- English todayMaulvibazar District
Named after the maulvi Syed Qudratullah; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “maulvi, master”) + Bengali বাজার (bajar, “bazar, market”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicمَوْلَوِيّ all →
maulviMevlevi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.