البنغال

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بنگاله (bangâlah). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ban.ɣaːl/

Proper noun

الْبَنْغَال • (al-banḡāl) m

  1. (masculine) Bengal (the former country)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بنغال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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