البنغال
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Persian بَنْگَال (bangāl). 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
- Bengal (the former country)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْبَنْغَال al-banḡāl |
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| nominative | — | الْبَنْغَالُ al-banḡālu |
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| accusative | — | الْبَنْغَالَ al-banḡāla |
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| genitive | — | الْبَنْغَالِ al-banḡāli |
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Related terms
- خَلِيج الْبَنْغَال (ḵalīj al-banḡāl)
- بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بنغال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN