The story
- Persian · derived fromگنج“treasury, store”
- Bengali · derived fromসুনাম“fame, reputation”
- English todaySunamganj District
Named in honor of a soldier called Sunam Uddin; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali সুনাম (śunam, “fame, reputation”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”); the first element is a compound of সু- (su-, “good”) + নাম (nam, “name”).
Words from the same roots
Persianگنج all →
Gopalganj DistrictHabiganj DistrictKishoreganj DistrictManikgonj DistrictNarayanganj DistrictNawabganj DistrictSirajganj District
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.