বাংলা

See also: বাল, বালি, and বলা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /baŋla/, [ˈbaŋlaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /baŋla/, [ˈbaŋlaˑ]
• Hyphenation: বাং‧লা

Proper noun

বাংলা • (baṅla) (genitive বাংলার (baṅlar), locative বাংলায় (baṅlaẏ))

1. Bengal (region)

   Synonym: বঙ্গ (boṅgo)

2. Bengali, Bangla (language)

   Synonym: বাংলা ভাষা (baṅla bhaśa)

Derived terms

• পশ্চিমবাংলা (pościmbaṅla), পশ্চিম বাংলা (pościm baṅla)
• পূর্ববাংলা (purbobaṅla), পূর্ব বাংলা (purbo baṅla)

Adjective

বাংলা • (baṅla) (comparative আরও বাংলা, superlative সবচেয়ে বাংলা)

1. Bengali, Bangla (related to Bengal, the Bengali language or the Bengali people)
2. written in Bengali

   এই স্টেশনটির নাম বাংলা। ― ei sṭeśnoṭir nam baṅla. ― The name of this station is written in Bengali.

Related terms

• বাঙালি (baṅali)
• বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś)
• বাংলাদেশী (baṅladeśi), বাংলাদেশি (baṅladeśi)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বাংলা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Land of Two Rivers, Nitish Sengupta
• James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden, ed. (1989). Bangladesh: A country study.
• RIYAZU-S-SALĀTĪN: A History of Bengal by Ghulam Husain Salim, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1902.