The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromपुर“city”
- Arabic · derived fromسَيِّد“master”
- Urdu · borrowed fromسیدپور
- Hindi · borrowed fromसैदपुर
- Punjabi · borrowed fromਸੈਦਪੁਰ
- Bengali · borrowed fromসৈয়দপুর
- English todaySaidpur
From Bengali সৈয়দপুর (śōiẏdopur), Punjabi ਸੈਦਪੁਰ (saidpur), Hindi सैदपुर (saidpur) and Urdu سیدپور (saidpūr). All are ultimately bilingual compounds of Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master”, specifically referring to the descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”), named in honor of various Sayyids who settled or preached there.
Words from the same roots
Arabicسَيِّد all →
SeyedSayyidSaidi
Sanskritपुर all →
AnantapurRatnapuraFaridpur DistrictHarimaupuraMadaripur DistrictPirojpur District-poreSri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.