Where does “બંગાળી” come from?
બંગાળી (Gujarati) comes from Classical Persian بنگالی, from Arabic بنغالي, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
બંગાળી (Gujarati): Bengali; a Bengali
Ancestry of “બંગાળી”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | بنگالی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | بنغالي | — |
| 3 | Arabic | ـِيّ | {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and... |