আলমানী

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • আলমানি (almani)

Etymology

From Classical Persian آلمانی‎ (ālmānī), from Arabic أَلْمَانِيّ‎ (ʔalmāniyy), from Spanish Alemania, ultimately from Latin Alamannī (“all men”), which was an ancient conglomeration of Teutonic tribes. Cognate with French allemand, Pashto المانی‎ and Turkish Alman. By surface analysis, আলমান (aloman, “Germany”) +‎ -ঈ (-i).

Noun

আলমানী • (almani) (objective আলমানী (almani) or আলমানীকে (almanike), genitive আলমানীর (almanir))

  1. (now obsolete) German (person from Germany)
    হিস্পানী আলমানী আর পর্তুগীস
    hiśpani almani ar portugiś
    Spanish, German and Portuguese
    - Syed Alaol
    Synonyms: (more common) জার্মান (jarman), (obsolete) এলেমান (eleman)

References
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