Pirojpur District

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromपुर“fortress, town”
2. Classical Persian · derived fromفَیروز“victorious”
3. English todayPirojpur District

Named after a certain royal figure called Firoz, whose exact identity is debated; thus ultimately a corruption of ফিরোজপুর (phirōjpur), a bilingual compound of Classical Persian فَیروز (fīrōz, “victorious”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”).

Words from the same roots