Bengal in Hindi
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The meaning of “Bengal” in Hindi is बंगाल, pronounced baṅgāl . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.
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