A Bilingual Dictionary of Words and Phrases (English-Bengali)

A Bilingual Dictionary of Words & Phrases

(English-Bengali)

...an easy guide to Bengali words, phrases and their pronunciation

This is a bilingual (English-Bengali or Bangla) dictionary of words and phrases with audio pronunciations. As a translator, I frequently receive requests from people around the world for the translation of simple words and phrases from Bengali. Sometimes tourists to India and Bangladesh want to know a few Bengali words and phrases of daily use and their English equivalents. So here is a lexicon containing common English words and phrases and their Bengali synonyms or translations. I have also included pronunciation guides for every word or phrase in this dictionary to help non-native learners of Bengali.

Bengali is spoken by 200 million people in Bangladesh, in the state of West Bengal in India as well as elsewhere in India and beyond. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family and its immediate ancestors are Sanskrit and Prakrit. Learning Bengali will provide you access to an intensely throbbing life of the teeming millions, knowledge of a rich flora and fauna, plants and animals, many of which may not be found elsewhere in the world, as well as a great literature that dates back to 1000 A.D. and a wide variety of classical and folk art forms, music and drama. The cultural tradition of Bengal derives, in almost equal measure, from the classical Sanskrit literature, later colonial contacts and indigenous folk traditions.

For the speakers of English and other European languages, Bengali falls under Category II in terms of difficulty of learning the language as it has significant linguistic and cultural differences for foreign speakers. However, if you have a good guide and some determination, it may not be so difficult to learn.

To visit the dictionary, please click on the 'Contents' link below. In the 'Contents' page of this English-Bengali dictionary, words and phrases are arranged thematically. Thank you for visiting the site!

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