The story
- Arabic · derived fromشَرِيعَة“law, shari'a”
- English todayShariatpur District
Refers to the district of Shariatpur, a transliteration of শরীয়তপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, “law, shari'a”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Haji Shariatullah.
Words from the same roots
Arabicشَرِيعَة all →
shari'a
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.