সাতক্ষীরা

• সাতখিরা (śatkhira)

Corrupted from earlier সাতখইরা (śatokhoira) (possibly due to folk etymological association with ক্ষীর ~ খির (khir)), from even earlier সাতঘরিয়া (śatghoriẏa) with regressive assimilation and typical high vowel metathesis, a compound of সাতঘর (śatghor) +‎ -ইয়া (-iẏa, relational suffix), referring to the Satghar Kulin Brahmins who settled there.^[1] In turn, the name is a compound of সাত (śat, “seven”) +‎ ঘর (ghor, “family, house”). The Satghar Kulin Brahmins were from Rarha (western Bengal) and, as their name suggests, consisted of seven families: the Kesharkonis (কেশরকোনী), Rayis (রায়ী), Pitmundis (পীতমুণ্ডী), Gargaris (গড়গড়ী), Ghantas (ঘণ্টা), Kulabhis (কুলভী), and Chautkhandis (চৌৎখণ্ডী).^[2] In the late 18th century, Prananath Chakraborty brought some Brahmins from these families to this region, which was renamed after them.

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃat̪kʰiɾa/, [ˈʃat̪kʰiɾaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃat̪kʰiɾa/, [ˈʃat̪kʰiɾaˑ]

সাতক্ষীরা • (śatkhira)

1. Satkhira (a city in the Satkhira District, Bangladesh)
2. Satkhira District (a district of Bangladesh)

• বুড়ন (buṛon)
• বুড়নদ্বীপ (buṛonddip)
• বাগড়ী (bagoṛi)