Bangla-centric

English

Alternative forms

• Banglacentric

Etymology

From Bangla +‎ -centric.

Adjective

Bangla-centric (comparative more Bangla-centric, superlative most Bangla-centric)

1. Emphasizing the Bengalis, their culture or what is in their language.
   • 1997, Mohammad Rashiduzzaman, “Bangladesh: From a Nation to a State”, in Pacific Affairs‎^[1], volume 70, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN:

     The right wing Islamic groups and leaders who disputed the Bangla-centric secular nationalism have been insisting that separation from Pakistan did not mark the end of a predominantly Muslim consciousness in Bangladesh.

   • 2004, ʻAbdurraḥmān Ṣiddīqī, East Pakistan the End Game: An Onlooker's Journal 1969-1971‎^[2], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:

     Mujib's Bangla-centric strategy created much bad blood against him and his party in West Pakistan.

   • 2015 September 3, Ian Almond, The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri: Islam, Empire and Loss‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 17:

     Most of these criticisms of Nirad Chaudhuri are representations of other views expressed elsewhere: a 'gratuitous' use of literary references (63), a refusal to consider 'economic factors' in his interpretation of history (68), a Bangla-centric obsession with the 'decline of Bengal' thesis (106), […]

Related terms

• Banglacentrism

Translations

focused on Bengali

• Bengali: বাংলাকেন্দ্রিক (baṅlakendrik)
• Dutch: banglacentrisch
• Finnish: banglakeskeinen
• French: banglacentriste m or f
• German: banglazentrisch