Meherpur District

短语

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.

词源

Refers to the district of Meherpur, a transliteration of মেহেরপুর, a compound of মেহের (meher) + পুর (pura, “city”); there are two theories on the origin of the first element: * Named after the Sufi saint Meher Ali Shah; thus from Persian مهر (“friendship, love”). * Named after the astrologer-astronomer Varāhamihira; thus from Sanskrit मिहिर (mihira, “sun”).

来源：wiktionary