Where does “Bangla” come from?

Bangla comes from Sanskrit वङ्ग, the name of an ancient region in eastern India.

Bangla (English): Bengali

Definitions

  1. Bengali

Ancestry of “Bangla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BengaliবাংলাBengali, Bangla; related to Bengal, the Bengali...
2Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
3Sanskritवङ्गाल—

Words derived from “Bangla”

Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गाल →Every word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা →Every word from Bengali বাংলা →