Where does “ベンガル” come from?

ベンガル (Japanese) comes from English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian بنگاله, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

ベンガル (Japanese): Bengal

Definitions

  1. Bengal

Ancestry of “ベンガル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBengalA short-haired domestic cat breed, which...
2PortugueseBengalaBengal
3Persianبنگاله—
4Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
5Sanskritवङ्गाल—

Words derived from “ベンガル”

Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गाल →Every word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা →Every word from Persian بنگاله →