brahmanbaria district
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Etymology
Refers to the district of Brahmanbaria, a transliteration of Bengali ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া (brahmonbaṛiẏa), a compound of ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon, “Brahmin”) + বাড়ি (baṛi, “home”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, suffix to mean relationship), literally meaning "home of the Brahmins".
Word Breakdown
- Root: ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া