ဘင်္ဂါလီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali). 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
2. Bengali (language)

Further reading

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