वङ्गालदेश

Sanskrit

Etymology

वङ्गाल (vaṅgāla) +‎ देश (deśa)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐŋ.ɡɑː.l̪ɐˈd̪eː.ɕɐ/

Proper noun

वङ्गालदेश • (vaṅgāladeśa) stem, m

1. Bengal

   Synonym: वङ्ग (vaṅga)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वङ्गालदेश (vaṅgāladeśa)
	Singular
Nominative	वङ्गालदेशः vaṅgāladeśaḥ
Vocative	वङ्गालदेश vaṅgāladeśa
Accusative	वङ्गालदेशम् vaṅgāladeśam
Instrumental	वङ्गालदेशेन vaṅgāladeśena
Dative	वङ्गालदेशाय vaṅgāladeśāya
Ablative	वङ्गालदेशात् vaṅgāladeśāt
Genitive	वङ्गालदेशस्य vaṅgāladeśasya
Locative	वङ्गालदेशे vaṅgāladeśe

Quotations

• Thaker, Jayant Premshankar, editor (1970), Laghuprabandhasaṅgrahah‎^[1], Oriental Institute, page 111: “वङ्गालदेश the country of Bangāla, Bengal. Originally the name denoted only the Buckergunje region, but later on it came to be applied to the whole of East Bengal and still later to the whole of the Bengali-speaking area.”

See also

• बाङ्गलादेश (bāṅgalādeśa)