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Bangla¹

  • /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
  • /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
  • /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/ South Asia
  • /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/ South Asia
  • /ˈbaŋla/ Malaysia, Singapore

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Bengali বাংলা (baṅla).

proper noun

  1. uncommon Synonym of Bengali (language). The segmental phones of Bangla are slightly different from those of other Indo-European languages.

    Similar: Bengali

  2. nonstandard Synonym of Bengal (region). Historian Neehar Ranjan Roy has said that although the place lay on the footsteps of the Himalayas, it was in fact linked to the Bangla region.

    Similar: Bengal

noun Banglas

  1. nonstandard Bengali (ethnicity). This cooking's so different he says, from their Bangla cooking.

Bangla²

  • /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
  • /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/
  • /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/ South Asia
  • /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/ South Asia
  • /ˈbaŋla/ Malaysia, Singapore

Where it comes from

Clipping of Bangladeshi or Bangladesh.

noun Banglas

  1. India, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, ethnic, offensive A Bangladeshi.

proper noun

  1. nonstandard Bangladesh.

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MLA

"Bangla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bangla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Bangla. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bangla

Chicago

"Bangla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bangla.

BibTeX
@misc{bangla_2026,
  title = {Bangla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bangla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}