বাঙ্গালী
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Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
বাঙ্গালী • (baṅgali) (objective বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali) or বাঙ্গালীকে (baṅgalike), genitive বাঙ্গালীর (baṅgalir), locative বাঙ্গালীতে (baṅgalite))
- Bengali people.
Antonyms[edit]
- অবাঙ্গালী (obaṅgali, “non-Bengali”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Accessible Dictionary, “বাঙ্গালী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh