বাঙ্গালী
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