Bangladesh

See also: Bangla Desh

English

Flag of Bangladesh

Alternative forms

• Bangla Desh (dated)

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/, /ˌbɑːŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/, /ˌbæŋ.ləˈdɛʃ/, /ˌbɑːŋ.ləˈdɛʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Proper noun

Bangladesh

2. A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

Derived terms

• Bangladeshi

Descendants

• → Japanese: バングラデシュ (Banguradeshu)

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Bangladesj
• Albanian: Bangladesh m, Bangladeshi m (definite)
• Amharic: ባንግላዴሽ (bangəladeš)
• Arabic: بَنْغِلَادِيش (ar) f (banḡladēš)

  Egyptian Arabic: بنجلاديش (banglādēš)

  Hijazi Arabic: بنقلاديش f (banglādiš, banglādīš)

• Armenian: Բանգլադեշ (hy) (Bangladeš)
• Assamese: বাংলাদেশ (baṅladex)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܢܓܠܵܕܹܫ f (banglādēš)
• Asturian: Bangladex (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Banqladeş (az)
• Bashkir: Бангладеш (Bangladeş)
• Basque: Bangladesh
• Belarusian: Бангладэ́ш f (Banhladéš)
• Bengali: বাংলাদেশ (bn) (baṅladeś)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: বাংলাদেশ
• Brahui: Bangládeş
• Breton: Bangladesh
• Bulgarian: Бангладе́ш (bg) m (Bangladéš), Ба́нгладеш (bg) m (Bángladeš)
• Burmese: ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် (bhangga.la:de.hr)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Банґладеш (Bangladeš)
• Catalan: Bangladesh (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孟加拉國 / 孟加拉国 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok³), 孟加拉 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 孟加拉國 / 孟加拉国 (zh) (Mèngjiālāguó), 孟加拉 (zh) (Mèngjiālā)

• Crimean Tatar: Bangladeş
• Czech: Bangladéš (cs) m
• Danish: Bangladesh n
• Dhivehi: ބަންގާޅު (ban̊gāḷu)
• Dutch: Bangladesh (nl) n
• Dzongkha: བངྒ་ལ་དེཤ (bngga la desh)
• Esperanto: Bangladeŝo (eo)
• Estonian: Bangladesh (et)
• Farefare: Baŋlagɔ
• Faroese: Bangladessj n, Bangladesj n
• Finnish: Bangladesh (fi)
• French: Bangladesh (fr) m
• Galician: Bangladesh (gl)
• Georgian: ბანგლადეში (ka) (bangladeši)
• German: Bangladesch (de) n, Bangladesh (de) n
• Greek: Μπαγκλαντές (el) n (Bagklantés), Μπανγκλαντές (el) n (Bangklantés)
• Gujarati: બાંગ્લાદેશ (bā̃glādeś)
• Hausa: Bangladesh, Bangaladash
• Hawaiian: Banagaladesa
• Hebrew: בַּנְגְּלָדֶשׁ f (bangladesh)
• Hindi: बांग्लादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), बांगलादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), बंगलादेश (hi) m (baṅglādeś), बाङ्ग्लादेश (hi) m (bāṅglādeś), (formal: बांग्लादेश गणतन्त्र m (bāṅglādeś gaṇtantra), गणतन्त्र बांग्लादेश m (gaṇtantra bāṅglādeś), गणप्रजातन्त्र बांग्लादेश m (gaṇaprajātantra bāṅglādeś), गणप्रजातन्त्री बांग्लादेश m (gaṇaprajātantrī bāṅglādeś)), पूर्वी पाकिस्तान m (pūrvī pākistān) (historical)
• Hungarian: Banglades (hu)
• Icelandic: Bangladess (is) n
• Indonesian: Bangladesh (id)
• Interlingua: Bangladesh
• Irish: An Bhanglaidéis f
• Italian: Bangladesh (it) m
• Japanese: バングラデシュ (ja) (Banguradeshu)
• Kalenjin: Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Kamba: Bangladeshi
• Kannada: ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶ (kn) (bāṅglādēśa)
• Kashmiri: बंगलादेश (baṃgalādēś)
• Kazakh: Бангладеш (kk) (Bañladeş)
• Khmer: បង់ក្លាដែស (bɑngklaadaeh)
• Kikuyu: Bangladesh
• Korean: 방글라데시 (ko) (Banggeulladesi), 방글라데슈 (ko) (Banggeulladesyu) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Баңгладеш (Baŋgladeş)
• Lao: ບັງກະລາເທດ (lo) (bang ka lā thēt), ບັງກລາເທດ (bang ka lā thēt)
• Latvian: Bangladeša (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Bangladešas (lt) m
• Luhya: Ebangladesh
• Luo: Bangladesh
• Macedonian: Бангладеш (mk) m (Bangladeš)
• Malay: Bangladesh (ms)
• Malayalam: ബംഗ്ലാദേശ് (baṅglādēśŭ)
• Maltese: il-Bangladexx
• Manipuri: ꯕꯥꯡꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁ (baanglaadesa), ꯕꯪꯒ꯭ꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁ (bangg͟laadesa)
• Maori: Pākaratēhi
• Marathi: बांगलादेश m (bāṅglādeś)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бангладеш (mn) (Bangladeš)

• Navajo: Bangla bikéyah
• Nepali: बंगलादेश (baṅgalādeś)
• Norman: Bangladesh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bangladesh (no) n

• Odia: ବାଁଲାଦେଶ (bā̃lādeśa)
• Oromo: Baangilaadish
• Pashto: بنګلدېش m (bangladeš), بنګله دېش m (bangla deš)
• Persian:

  Dari: بَنْگْلَه‌دیش (bangla-dēš)

  Iranian Persian: بَنْگْلادِش (banglâdeš)

• Polish: Bangladesz (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Bangladexe (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ (baṅglādeś)
• Quechua: Banladish
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Bangladesh (ro) n
• Russian: Бангладе́ш (ru) f (Bangladɛ́š)
• Sanskrit: बाङ्गलादेश (bāṅgalādeśa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̀нгладеш m

  Roman: Bàngladeš (sh) m

• Sindhi: بنگلاديش
• Sinhalese: බංගලාදේශය (baṁgalādēśaya)
• Slovak: Bangladéš (sk) m
• Slovene: Bangladeš (sl) m
• Spanish: Bangladés (es) m
• Swahili: Bangladesh (sw)
• Swedish: Bangladesh (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠋꠟꠣꠖꠦꠡ (baṅladeś)
• Tagalog: Bangglades
• Tajik: Банглодеш (Banglodeš)
• Tamil: வங்காளதேசம் (ta) (vaṅkāḷatēcam)
• Tatar: Бангладеш (Bangladeş)
• Telugu: బంగ్లాదేశ్ (te) (baṅglādēś)
• Thai: บังกลาเทศ (th) (bang-glaa-têet)
• Tibetan: བྷང་ལ་རྡེ་ཤུ (bhang la rde shu)
• Tigrinya: ባንግላደሽ (bangəladäš)
• Tundra Nenets: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Bangladeş (tr)
• Turkmen: Bangladeş
• Ukrainian: Бангладе́ш (uk) f (Banhladéš), Банґладе́ш f (Bangladéš)
• Urdu: بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (ur) m (baṅgla deś)
• Uyghur: بېنگلا (bën'gla), بانگلادېش (ban'gladësh)
• Uzbek: Bangladesh (uz)
• Vietnamese: Băng-la-đét
• Yiddish: באַנגלאַדעש (bangladesh)
• Yoruba: Bángáládésì
• Zhuang: Munggyahlahgoz

See also

• Dhaka
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banɡlades̺/ [baŋ.ɡla.ð̞es̺]
• Rhymes: -ades̺
• Hyphenation: Ban‧gla‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh inan

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Bangladesh (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Bangladesh
ergative	Bangladeshek
dative	Bangladeshi
genitive	Bangladeshen
comitative	Bangladeshekin
causative	Bangladeshengatik
benefactive	Bangladeshentzat
instrumental	Bangladeshez
inessive	Bangladeshen
locative	Bangladesheko
allative	Bangladeshera
terminative	Bangladesheraino
directive	Bangladesherantz
destinative	Bangladesherako
ablative	Bangladeshetik
partitive	Bangladeshik
prolative	Bangladeshtzat

Derived terms

• bangladeshtar (“Bangladeshi”)

 

See also

• (countries of Asia) Asiako herrialdeak; Afganistan, Arabiar Emirerri Batuak, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Birmania, Brunei, Ekialdeko Timor, Errusia, Filipinak, Georgia, Hego Korea, India, Indonesia, Ipar Korea, Iran, Irak, Israel, Japonia, Jordania, Kanbodia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Kuwait, Laos, Libano, Malaysia, Maldivas, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapur, Siria, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Thailandia, Turkia, Turkmenistan, Txina, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zipre,

Breton

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Inflection

Mutation of Bangladesh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
Bangladesh	Vangladesh	unchanged	Pangladesh

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Danish

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• bangladesher
• bangladeshisk

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑŋ.(ɡ)laːˈdɛʃ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bangladesh

Proper noun

Bangladesh n

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɑnɡ̊lɑd̥eʃ/, [ˈb̥ɑŋɡ̊lɑd̥eʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɡlɑdeʃ, -eʃ
• Hyphenation: Bang‧la‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh (genitive Bangladeshi, partitive Bangladeshi)

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

   Bangladesh on riik, mis asub Lõuna-Aasia piirkonnas, mis piirneb India ja Myanmariga.

   Bangladesh is a country located in the South Asian region, bordering India and Myanmar.

Declension

Declension of Bangladesh (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Bangladesh	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Bangladeshi
genitive			—
partitive		Bangladeshi	—
illative		Bangladeshi Bangladeshisse	—
inessive		Bangladeshis	—
elative		Bangladeshist	—
allative		Bangladeshile	—
adessive		Bangladeshil	—
ablative		Bangladeshilt	—
translative		Bangladeshiks	—
terminative		Bangladeshini	—
essive		Bangladeshina	—
abessive		Bangladeshita	—
comitative		Bangladeshiga	—

References

• Bangladesh in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Bangladesh”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋlɑdeʃ/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋlɑ̝de̞ʃ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋlɑdes/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋlɑ̝de̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋlɑdeʃ

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Bangladesh (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Bangladesh	—
genitive		Bangladeshin	—
partitive		Bangladeshia	—
illative		Bangladeshiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bangladesh	—
accusative	nom.	Bangladesh	—
	gen.	Bangladeshin
genitive		Bangladeshin	—
partitive		Bangladeshia	—
inessive		Bangladeshissa	—
elative		Bangladeshista	—
illative		Bangladeshiin	—
adessive		Bangladeshilla	—
ablative		Bangladeshilta	—
allative		Bangladeshille	—
essive		Bangladeshina	—
translative		Bangladeshiksi	—
abessive		Bangladeshitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bangladesh (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshini — accusative nom. Bangladeshini — gen. Bangladeshini genitive Bangladeshini — partitive Bangladeshiani — inessive Bangladeshissani — elative Bangladeshistani — illative Bangladeshiini — adessive Bangladeshillani — ablative Bangladeshiltani — allative Bangladeshilleni — essive Bangladeshinani — translative Bangladeshikseni — abessive Bangladeshittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshisi — accusative nom. Bangladeshisi — gen. Bangladeshisi genitive Bangladeshisi — partitive Bangladeshiasi — inessive Bangladeshissasi — elative Bangladeshistasi — illative Bangladeshiisi — adessive Bangladeshillasi — ablative Bangladeshiltasi — allative Bangladeshillesi — essive Bangladeshinasi — translative Bangladeshiksesi — abessive Bangladeshittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshimme — accusative nom. Bangladeshimme — gen. Bangladeshimme genitive Bangladeshimme — partitive Bangladeshiamme — inessive Bangladeshissamme — elative Bangladeshistamme — illative Bangladeshiimme — adessive Bangladeshillamme — ablative Bangladeshiltamme — allative Bangladeshillemme — essive Bangladeshinamme — translative Bangladeshiksemme — abessive Bangladeshittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshinne — accusative nom. Bangladeshinne — gen. Bangladeshinne genitive Bangladeshinne — partitive Bangladeshianne — inessive Bangladeshissanne — elative Bangladeshistanne — illative Bangladeshiinne — adessive Bangladeshillanne — ablative Bangladeshiltanne — allative Bangladeshillenne — essive Bangladeshinanne — translative Bangladeshiksenne — abessive Bangladeshittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bangladeshinsa — accusative nom. Bangladeshinsa — gen. Bangladeshinsa genitive Bangladeshinsa — partitive Bangladeshiaan Bangladeshiansa — inessive Bangladeshissaan Bangladeshissansa — elative Bangladeshistaan Bangladeshistansa — illative Bangladeshiinsa — adessive Bangladeshillaan Bangladeshillansa — ablative Bangladeshiltaan Bangladeshiltansa — allative Bangladeshilleen Bangladeshillensa — essive Bangladeshinaan Bangladeshinansa — translative Bangladeshikseen Bangladeshiksensa — abessive Bangladeshittaan Bangladeshittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Bangladeshin kansantasavalta (People's Republic of Bangladesh - the official name of the country)
• (historical) Itä-Pakistan (East Pakistan)

Derived terms

• bangladeshilainen
• bangladeshiläinen

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

German

Proper noun

Bangladesh n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bangladeshs)

1. Nonstandard spelling of Bangladesch.

Interlingua

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.ɡlaˈdɛʃ/^*, /ˈban.ɡla.deʃ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ, -anɡladeʃ
• Hyphenation: Ban‧gla‧dèsh, Bàn‧gla‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

See also

• bengalese
• bengali

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• bangladesher
• bangladeshisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• bangladeshar
• bangladeshisk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Alternative spelling of Bangladexe: Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Bangladés

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banɡlaˈdeʃ/ [bãŋ.ɡlaˈð̞eʃ]
• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Syllabification: Ban‧gla‧desh

Proper noun

Bangladesh m

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• bangladesí

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Bangladesh

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Swedish

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bangladesh n (genitive Bangladeshs)

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• bangladeshisk (“Bangladeshi”, adjective)
• bangladeshier c (“Bangladeshi male”)
• bangladeshiska c (“Bangladeshi female”)

Further reading

• Bangladesh in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Etymology

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋɡlaˈdɛʃ/

Proper noun

Bangladesh f

1. Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gogledd Corea, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrcmenistan, Wsbecistan

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bangladesh

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Bangladesh	Fangladesh	Mangladesh	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.