البنغال
Arabic
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Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian بَنْگَال (bangāl). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]الْبَنْغَال • (al-banḡāl) m
- Bengal (the former country)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun الْبَنْغَال (al-banḡāl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْبَنْغَال al-banḡāl |
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| Nominative | — | الْبَنْغَالُ al-banḡālu |
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| Accusative | — | الْبَنْغَالَ al-banḡāla |
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| Genitive | — | الْبَنْغَالِ al-banḡāli |
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Related terms
[edit]- خَلِيج الْبَنْغَال (ḵalīj al-banḡāl)
- بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy)
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بنغال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN