Bengal

See also: bengal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɐŋˈɡaːl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɑl/, /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
• Rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl, (UK, US) -ɑːl, (US) -ɛŋɡəl

Proper noun

Bengal

Map of the Bengal region

2. A region in the northeast of South Asia, today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

Derived terms

• Bay of Bengal
• Bengal babbler
• Bengal fox
• Bengal light
• Bengal rose
• Bengal studies
• Bengal tiger
• Bengal Tigers
• East Bengal
• Sultanate of Bengal
• West Bengal

 

Translations

region in South Asia

• Afrikaans: Bengale
• Albanian: Bengali
• Arabic: اَلْبَنْغَال m (al-banḡāl)
• Armenian: Բենգալիա (hy) (Bengalia)
• Assamese: বংগ (boṅgo)
• Azerbaijani: Benqaliya
• Basque: Bengala
• Belarusian: Бенгалія (Bjenhalija)
• Bengali: বাংলা (bn) (bangla), বঙ্গ (bn) (boṅgo), বঙ্গদেশ (boṅgodeś)
• Bihari: बंगाल
• Bulgarian: Бенгалия (Bengalija)
• Catalan: Bengala
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孟加拉 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 孟加拉 (zh) (Mèngjiālā)

• Czech: Bengálsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bengalen (da)
• Dutch: Bengalen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bengalio
• Estonian: Bengal (et)
• Finnish: Bengal (fi)
• French: Bengale (fr) m
• Galician: Bengala
• German: Bengalen (de) n
• Greek: Βεγγάλη (el) (Vengáli)
• Hebrew: בנגל
• Hindi: बंगाल (hi) (baṅgāl), वंग (hi) m (vaṅg), बंग (hi) m (baṅg), वङ्ग (hi) m (vaṅg)
• Hungarian: Bengália (hu)
• Icelandic: Bengal
• Indonesian: Benggala (id)
• Irish: Beangál m
• Italian: Bengala
• Japanese: ベンガル (Bengaru)
• Kannada: ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ (bāṅglā)
• Korean: 벵골 (Benggol)
• Kyrgyz: Бенгалия (Bengaliya)
• Latvian: Bengālija f
• Lithuanian: Bengalija
• Macedonian: Бенгал (Bengal)
• Malay: Benggala
• Malayalam: ബംഗാൾ (baṅgāḷ)
• Manx: Yn Vengaal f
• Marathi: बंगाल m (baṅgāl)
• Mongolian: Бенгал (Bengal)
• Nepali: बङ्गाल (baṅgāl)
• Occitan: Bengala
• Pashto: بنگال
• Persian: بنگال, بنگاله
• Polish: Bengal (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bengala (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਬੰਗਾਲ (baṅgāl)
• Romanian: Bengal
• Russian: Бенга́лия f (Bengálija)
• Sanskrit: वङ्ग (sa) m (vaṅga)
• Santali: ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ (baṅla)
• Serbo-Croatian: Бенгал, Bengal (sh)
• Spanish: Bengala
• Swahili: Bungala
• Swedish: Bengalen n
• Tajik: Бангола (Bangola)
• Tamil: வங்காளம் (ta) (vaṅkāḷam)
• Telugu: బెంగాల్ (te) (beṅgāl)
• Thai: เบงกอล (beng-gɔɔl)
• Tibetan: བེང་ག་ལི (beng ga li)
• Turkish: Bengal
• Ukrainian: Бенга́лія (Benhálija)
• Urdu: بنگال (baṅgāl)
• Uzbek: Bengaliya
• Volapük: Bängalän (vo)
• Western Panjabi: بنگال (bngāl)

Noun

Bengal (plural Bengals)

1. A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.

   Synonym: Bengal cat

2. (American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.

   Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.

3. A Bengal tiger.

See also

• Bengali
• Bangla
• Bangladesh

Anagrams

• Bangel, bangle

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Bengali

Etymology

From English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeŋːɑl/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑ̝l]
• Rhymes: -eŋːɑl
• Hyphenation^(key): Ben‧gal

Proper noun

Bengal

1. Bengal (a region of South Asia, today divided between India and Bangladesh)

Declension

Inflection of Bengal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Bengal	—
genitive		Bengalin	—
partitive		Bengalia	—
illative		Bengaliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bengal	—
accusative	nom.	Bengal	—
	gen.	Bengalin
genitive		Bengalin	—
partitive		Bengalia	—
inessive		Bengalissa	—
elative		Bengalista	—
illative		Bengaliin	—
adessive		Bengalilla	—
ablative		Bengalilta	—
allative		Bengalille	—
essive		Bengalina	—
translative		Bengaliksi	—
abessive		Bengalitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bengal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bengalini — accusative nom. Bengalini — gen. Bengalini genitive Bengalini — partitive Bengaliani — inessive Bengalissani — elative Bengalistani — illative Bengaliini — adessive Bengalillani — ablative Bengaliltani — allative Bengalilleni — essive Bengalinani — translative Bengalikseni — abessive Bengalittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bengalisi — accusative nom. Bengalisi — gen. Bengalisi genitive Bengalisi — partitive Bengaliasi — inessive Bengalissasi — elative Bengalistasi — illative Bengaliisi — adessive Bengalillasi — ablative Bengaliltasi — allative Bengalillesi — essive Bengalinasi — translative Bengaliksesi — abessive Bengalittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bengalimme — accusative nom. Bengalimme — gen. Bengalimme genitive Bengalimme — partitive Bengaliamme — inessive Bengalissamme — elative Bengalistamme — illative Bengaliimme — adessive Bengalillamme — ablative Bengaliltamme — allative Bengalillemme — essive Bengalinamme — translative Bengaliksemme — abessive Bengalittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bengalinne — accusative nom. Bengalinne — gen. Bengalinne genitive Bengalinne — partitive Bengalianne — inessive Bengalissanne — elative Bengalistanne — illative Bengaliinne — adessive Bengalillanne — ablative Bengaliltanne — allative Bengalillenne — essive Bengalinanne — translative Bengaliksenne — abessive Bengalittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bengalinsa — accusative nom. Bengalinsa — gen. Bengalinsa genitive Bengalinsa — partitive Bengaliaan Bengaliansa — inessive Bengalissaan Bengalissansa — elative Bengalistaan Bengalistansa — illative Bengaliinsa — adessive Bengalillaan Bengalillansa — ablative Bengaliltaan Bengaliltansa — allative Bengalilleen Bengalillensa — essive Bengalinaan Bengalinansa — translative Bengalikseen Bengaliksensa — abessive Bengalittaan Bengalittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• Bengalinlahti