বাংলা

See also: বাল, বালি, and বলা

Bengali

Etymology

From earlier বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), from Persian بنگاله, ultimately derived from Sanskrit वङ्ग (vaṅga) and from the fact that the ancient rajahs of the region raised mounds of earth 10 feet high and 20 in breadth in lowlands at the foot of the hills which were called āl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋla]

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Proper noun

বাংলা • (bangla) (genitive বাংলার (banglar), locative বাংলায় (banglaẏ))

1. Bengal region
2. Bengali, Bangla (language)

Synonyms

• বাংলা ভাষা (Bangla bhasha)

Derived terms

• পশ্চিমবাংলা (pôshcimbangla), পশ্চিম বাংলা (pôshcim bangla)
• পূর্ববাংলা (purbôbangla), পূর্ব বাংলা (purbô bangla)

Adjective

বাংলা • (bangla) (comparative আরও বাংলা, superlative সবচেয়ে বাংলা)

1. Bengali, Bangla; related to Bengal, the Bengali language or the Bengali people.
2. written in Bengali

Related terms

• বঙ্গ (bônggô)
• বাঙালি (bangali)
• বাংলাদেশ (bangladesh)
• বাংলাদেশী (bangladeshi), বাংলাদেশি (bangladeshi)

References

• Land of Two Rivers, Nitish Sengupta
• James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden, ed. (1989). Bangladesh: A country study.
• RIYAZU-S-SALĀTĪN: A History of Bengal by Ghulam Husain Salim, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1902.