البنغال

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بنگاله (bangâlah). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ban.ɣaːl/

Proper noun

الْبَنْغَال • (al-banḡāl) m

1. (masculine) Bengal (the former country)

Declension

Declension of noun الْبَنْغَال (al-banḡāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْبَنْغَال al-banḡāl	—
Nominative	—	الْبَنْغَالُ al-banḡālu	—
Accusative	—	الْبَنْغَالَ al-banḡāla	—
Genitive	—	الْبَنْغَالِ al-banḡāli	—

Related terms

• خَلِيج الْبَنْغَال (ḵalīj al-banḡāl)
• بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بنغال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN