Bengale in Middle French

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Etymology: From earlier Bengala, from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla). Etymology templates: {{der|frm|pt|Bengala}} Portuguese Bengala, {{der|frm|fa-cls|بَنْگَالَه}} Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla) Head templates: {{head|frm|proper noun||{{{pl}}}|g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} Bengale, {{frm-proper noun}} Bengale

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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "Bengale"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "بَنْگَالَه"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Bengala, from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla).",
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        "3": "",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Bengale",
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    }
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        }
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              14,
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          "ref": "1575, La cosmographie universelle, column 1686:",
          "text": "[…] on voit a Bengale grand nombre de Perſans, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of Bengala"
      ],
      "id": "en-Bengale-frm-name-EWrbVHDD",
      "links": [
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          "Bengala",
          "Bengala#Middle_French"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Bengale"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "Bengale"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "Bengala"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese Bengala",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "بَنْگَالَه"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Bengala, from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "frm",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Bengale",
      "name": "head"
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    }
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        "Middle French terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "Middle French terms derived from Portuguese",
        "Middle French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Middle French quotations"
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          "ref": "1575, La cosmographie universelle, column 1686:",
          "text": "[…] on voit a Bengale grand nombre de Perſans, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of Bengala"
      ],
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          "Bengala#Middle_French"
        ]
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    }
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  "word": "Bengale"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"Bengale" meaning in Middle French

Proper name