name
Meaning 1
Synonym of Bengali (language).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bengali
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Bangla
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
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/ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
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South-Asia: /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/
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South-Asia: /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/
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Malaysia, Singapore: /ˈbaŋla/
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 NG L AA2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Synonym of Bengal (region).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bengal
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Bangladesh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Bengali (ethnicity).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A Bangladeshi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, ethnic, offensive, slur
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bengali
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Magadhan
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Bengali বাংলা (baṅla).
Clipping of Bangladeshi or Bangladesh.
Real reading context