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Where does “بنگالی” come from?

بنگالی (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic بنغالي, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Ancestry of “بنگالی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبنغالي—
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
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