Bangladesh

See also: Bangla Desh

English

Alternative forms

• Bangla Desh (dated)

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”), probably from Sanskrit वङ्गति vaṅgati (to limp), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”), referring to the twisted and creeping course of rivers in the Ganges delta; + দেশ (deś, “country”). Compare Proto-Germanic *wangaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/, /ˌbɑːŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Proper noun

Bangladesh

2. A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Derived terms

• Bangladeshi

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Bangladesj
• Albanian: Bangladeshi
• Amharic: ባንግላዴሽ (bangəladeš)
• Arabic: بَنْغِلَادِيش (ar) f (banḡladēš)

  Hijazi Arabic: بنقلاديش f (banglādiš, banglādīš)

• Armenian: Բանգլադեշ (hy) (Bangladeš)
• Assamese: বাংলাদেশ (baṅladex)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܢܓܠܲܕܹܫ‎ f (Bānglādeš)
• Asturian: Bangladesh (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Banqladeş (az)
• Bashkir: Бангладеш (Bangladeş)
• Belarusian: Бангладэ́ш f (Banhladéš)
• Bengali: বাংলাদেশ (bn) (baṅladeś)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: বাংলাদেশ
• Brahui: Bangládeş
• Breton: Bangladesh
• Bulgarian: Бангладе́ш (bg) m (Bangladéš), Ба́нгладеш (bg) m (Bángladeš)
• Burmese: ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် (bhangga.la:de.hr)
• Catalan: Bangladesh (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孟加拉 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹), 孟加拉國／孟加拉国 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok³), 孟加拉国 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok³)

  Mandarin: 孟加拉國／孟加拉国 (zh) (Mèngjiālāguó), 孟加拉国 (zh) (Mèngjiālāguó), 孟加拉 (zh) (Mèngjiālā)

• Crimean Tatar: Bangladeş
• Czech: Bangladéš (cs) m
• Danish: Bangladesh n
• Dhivehi: ބަންގާޅު (ban̊gāḷu)
• Dutch: Bangladesh (nl)
• Dzongkha: བངྒ་ལ་དེཤ (bngga la desh)
• Esperanto: Bangladeŝo (eo)
• Estonian: Bangladesh (et)
• Faroese: Bangladessj n, Bangladesj n
• Finnish: Bangladesh (fi)
• French: Bangladesh (fr) m
• Galician: Bangladesh (gl)
• Georgian: ბანგლადეში (ka) (bangladeši)
• German: Bangladesch (de) n, Bangladesh (de) n
• Greek: Μπαγκλαντές (el) n (Bagklantés), Μπανγκλαντές (el) n (Bangklantés)
• Gujarati: બાંગ્લાદેશ (bā̃glādeś)
• Hausa: Bangladesh, Bangaladash
• Hawaiian: Banagaladesa
• Hebrew: בַּנְגְּלָדֶשׁ m (bangladesh)
• Hindi: बांग्लादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), बांगलादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), बंगलादेश (hi) m (baṅglādeś), बाङ्ग्लादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), (formal: बांग्लादेश गणतन्त्र m (bāṅglādeś gaṇtantra), गणतन्त्र बांग्लादेश m (gaṇtantra bāṅglādeś), गणप्रजातन्त्र बांग्लादेश m (gaṇaprajātantra bāṅglādeś), गणप्रजातन्त्री बांग्लादेश m (gaṇaprajātantrī bāṅglādeś)), पूर्वी पाकिस्तान m (pūrvī pākistān) (historical)
• Hungarian: Banglades (hu)
• Icelandic: Bangladess (is)
• Indonesian: Bangladesh (id)
• Interlingua: Bangladesh
• Irish: An Bhanglaidéis f
• Italian: Bangladesh (it) m
• Japanese: バングラデシュ (ja) (Banguradeshu)
• Kalenjin: Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Kamba: Bangladeshi
• Kannada: ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶ (kn) (bāṅglādēśa)
• Kashmiri: बंगलादेश (baṃgalādēś)
• Kazakh: Бангладеш (Bañladeş)
• Khmer: បង់ក្លាដែស (bɑngklaadaeh)
• Kikuyu: Bangladesh
• Korean: 방글라데시 (ko) (Banggeulladesi), 방글라데슈 (ko) (Banggeulladesyu) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Баңгладеш (Baŋgladeş)
• Lao: ບັງກະລາເທດ (lo) (bang ka lā thēt)
• Latvian: Bangladeša f
• Lithuanian: Bangladešas (lt) m
• Luhya: Ebangladesh
• Luo: Bangladesh
• Macedonian: Бангладеш (mk) m (Bangladeš)
• Malay: Bangladesh
• Malayalam: ബംഗ്ലാദേശ് (baṅglādēśŭ)
• Maltese: il-Bangladexx
• Maori: Pākaratēhi
• Marathi: बांगलादेश (bāṅglādeś)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бангладеш (mn) (Bangladeš)

• Navajo: Bangla bikéyah
• Nepali: बंगलादेश (baṅgalādeś)
• Norman: Bangladesh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bangladesh (no)

• Oriya: ବାଁଲାଦେଶ (bā̃lādeśa)
• Oromo: Baangilaadish
• Pashto: بنګلدېش m (bangladeš), بنګله دېش m (bangla déš)
• Persian: بنگلادش (bangelâdeš)
• Polish: Bangladesz (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Bangladeche (pt), Bangladesh (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ (baṅglādeś)
• Quechua: Banladish
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Bangladesh (ro) n
• Russian: Бангладе́ш (ru) f (Bangladɛ́š)
• Rusyn: Банґладеш (Bangladeš)
• Sanskrit: बाङ्गलादेश (bāṅgalādeśa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̀нгладеш m

  Roman: Bàngladeš (sh) m

• Sindhi: بنگلاديش
• Sinhalese: බංගලාදේශය (baṁgalādēśaya)
• Slovak: Bangladéš (sk) m
• Slovene: Bangladeš (sl) m
• Spanish: Bangladés (es) m
• Swahili: Bangladesh (sw)
• Swedish: Bangladesh (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bangglades
• Tajik: Банглодеш (Banglodeš)
• Tamil: வங்காளதேசம் (vaṅkāḷatēcam)
• Tatar: Бангладеш (Bangladeş)
• Telugu: బంగ్లాదేశ్ (te) (baṅglādēś)
• Thai: บังกลาเทศ (th) (bang-glaa-têet)
• Tibetan: བྷང་ལ་རྡེ་ཤུ (bhang la rde shu)
• Tundra Nenets: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Bangladeş (tr)
• Turkmen: Bangladeş
• Ukrainian: Бангладе́ш (uk) f (Banhladéš), Банґладе́ш f (Bangladéš)
• Urdu: بَن٘گْلَہ دیْش (ur) m (baṅglā deś)
• Uyghur: بېنگلا (bën'gla), بانگلادېش (ban'gladësh)
• Uzbek: Bangladesh (uz)
• Vietnamese: Băng-la-đét
• Yiddish: באַנגלאַדעש (bangladesh)
• Yoruba: Bángáládésì
• Zhuang: Munggyahlahgoz

See also

• Dhaka
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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Asturian

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Breton

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Inflection

  Mutation of Bangladesh  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	Bangladesh	Vangladesh	unchanged	Pangladesh
plural	B	V	unchanged	P

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Danish

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑŋ.(ɡ)laːˈdɛʃ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bangladesh

Proper noun

Bangladesh n

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Bangladesh (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋlɑdeʃ/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋlɑ̝de̞ʃ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋlɑdes/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋlɑ̝de̞s̠]

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Bangladesh (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Bangladesh	—
genitive		Bangladeshin	—
partitive		Bangladeshia	—
illative		Bangladeshiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bangladesh	—
accusative	nom.	Bangladesh	—
	gen.	Bangladeshin
genitive		Bangladeshin	—
partitive		Bangladeshia	—
inessive		Bangladeshissa	—
elative		Bangladeshista	—
illative		Bangladeshiin	—
adessive		Bangladeshilla	—
ablative		Bangladeshilta	—
allative		Bangladeshille	—
essive		Bangladeshina	—
translative		Bangladeshiksi	—
abessive		Bangladeshitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bangladesh (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshini — accusative nom. Bangladeshini — gen. Bangladeshini genitive Bangladeshini — partitive Bangladeshiani — inessive Bangladeshissani — elative Bangladeshistani — illative Bangladeshiini — adessive Bangladeshillani — ablative Bangladeshiltani — allative Bangladeshilleni — essive Bangladeshinani — translative Bangladeshikseni — abessive Bangladeshittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshisi — accusative nom. Bangladeshisi — gen. Bangladeshisi genitive Bangladeshisi — partitive Bangladeshiasi — inessive Bangladeshissasi — elative Bangladeshistasi — illative Bangladeshiisi — adessive Bangladeshillasi — ablative Bangladeshiltasi — allative Bangladeshillesi — essive Bangladeshinasi — translative Bangladeshiksesi — abessive Bangladeshittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshimme — accusative nom. Bangladeshimme — gen. Bangladeshimme genitive Bangladeshimme — partitive Bangladeshiamme — inessive Bangladeshissamme — elative Bangladeshistamme — illative Bangladeshiimme — adessive Bangladeshillamme — ablative Bangladeshiltamme — allative Bangladeshillemme — essive Bangladeshinamme — translative Bangladeshiksemme — abessive Bangladeshittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshinne — accusative nom. Bangladeshinne — gen. Bangladeshinne genitive Bangladeshinne — partitive Bangladeshianne — inessive Bangladeshissanne — elative Bangladeshistanne — illative Bangladeshiinne — adessive Bangladeshillanne — ablative Bangladeshiltanne — allative Bangladeshillenne — essive Bangladeshinanne — translative Bangladeshiksenne — abessive Bangladeshittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshinsa — accusative nom. Bangladeshinsa — gen. Bangladeshinsa genitive Bangladeshinsa — partitive Bangladeshiaan Bangladeshiansa — inessive Bangladeshissaan Bangladeshissansa — elative Bangladeshistaan Bangladeshistansa — illative Bangladeshiinsa — adessive Bangladeshillaan Bangladeshillansa — ablative Bangladeshiltaan Bangladeshiltansa — allative Bangladeshilleen Bangladeshillensa — essive Bangladeshinaan Bangladeshinansa — translative Bangladeshikseen Bangladeshiksensa — abessive Bangladeshittaan Bangladeshittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Bangladeshin kansantasavalta (People's Republic of Bangladesh - the official name of the country)
• (historical) Itä-Pakistan (East Pakistan)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

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German

Proper noun

Bangladesh n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bangladeshs)

1. Nonstandard spelling of Bangladesch.

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.ɡlaˈdɛʃ/^*, /ˈban.ɡla.deʃ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ, -anɡladeʃ
• Hyphenation: Ban‧gla‧dèsh, Bàn‧gla‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

See also

• bengalese
• bengali

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bangladesher
• bangladeshisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bangladeshar
• bangladeshisk

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Bangladeche
• Bangladexe

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ɡlaˈdɛ.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ɡlaˈdɛ.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ɡlaˈdɛ.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ɡlɐˈdɛ.ʃɨ/ [bɐ̃.ɡlɐˈðɛ.ʃɨ]

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in southeast Asia)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Bangladés

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banɡlaˈdeʃ/ [bãŋ.ɡlaˈð̞eʃ]
• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Syllabification: Ban‧gla‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bangladesí

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

Proper noun

Bangladesh n (genitive Bangladeshs)

1. Bangladesh (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bangladeshisk (“Bangladeshi”, adjective)
• bangladeshier c (“Bangladeshi male”)
• bangladeshiska c (“Bangladeshi female”)