বাংলা
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
বাংলা • (baṅla) (genitive বাংলার (baṅlar), locative বাংলায় (baṅlaẏ))
- Bengal (region)
- Synonym: বঙ্গ (boṅgo)
- Bengali, Bangla (language)
- Synonym: বাংলা ভাষা (baṅla bhaśa)
Derived terms
- পশ্চিমবাংলা (pościmbaṅla), পশ্চিম বাংলা (pościm baṅla)
- পূর্ববাংলা (purbobaṅla), পূর্ব বাংলা (purbo baṅla)
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বাংলা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Land of Two Rivers, Nitish Sengupta
- James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden, ed. (1989). Bangladesh: A country study.
- RIYAZU-S-SALĀTĪN: A History of Bengal by Ghulam Husain Salim, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1902.
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