বাঙ্গালী

Bengali

Etymology

From Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala, “Bengal”), ultimately derived from Sanskrit ৱঙ্গ (vaṅga) + Bengali আল (al, “mound”) + the adjectival suffix ী (-i). Compare Arabic بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy), Persian بنگالی (bangâli), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]

Noun

বাঙ্গালী • (baṅgali) (objective বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali) or বাঙ্গালীকে (baṅgalike), genitive বাঙ্গালীর (baṅgalir), locative বাঙ্গালীতে (baṅgalite))

1. Bengali people.

Antonyms

• অবাঙ্গালী (obaṅgali, “non-Bengali”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဘင်္ဂါလီ (bhanggali)
  • → Mon: ဗၚ်ဂလဳ (pɛ̀aŋkəlì)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “বাঙ্গালী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh