ဘင်္ဂါလီ
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bengali বাঙ্গালী (baṅgalī), which is from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala, “Bengal”), ultimately derived from Sanskrit বঙ্গ (vaṅga) + Bengali আল (al, “mound”) + the Bengali adjectival suffix ী (-i). Compare Arabic بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy), Persian بنگالی (bangâli), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bɪ̀ɴɡàlì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhanggali • ALA-LC: bhaṅʻgālī • BGN/PCGN: bin-gali • Okell: biñgali
Noun[edit]
ဘင်္ဂါလီ • (bhanggali)
Further reading[edit]
- “ဘင်္ဂါလီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.