ဘင်္ဂါလီ

Burmese

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bɪ̀ɴɡàlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhanggali • ALA-LC: bhaṅʻgālī • BGN/PCGN: bin-gali • Okell: biñgali

Noun

ဘင်္ဂါလီ • (bhanggali)

1. Bengali, Rohingya

Further reading

• “ဘင်္ဂါလီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.