Bengali (Bangla)-English/English-Bengali (Bangla)
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Bengali, an official language of Bangladesh and India, is the seventh-most-spoken language in the world with nearly 230 million total speakers.
With current vocabulary and usage, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive two-way Bengali dictionary available on the market. Designed to facilitate translation and understanding for speakers of either Bengali (Bangla) or English, this dictionary is an ideal reference for learners of Bengali (Bangla) or English as a foreign language, business people, NGO workers, and travelers.
Each entry includes a transliteration, word class information, and pronunciation aidAlphabet and pronunciation keyConcise grammar of the languageMore than 13,000 total entries
Publisher : Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (May 1, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 248 pages
ISBN-10 : 0781812704
ISBN-13 : 978-0781812702
Item Weight : 8.6 ounces
Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.75 x 7 inches
Ian Da Silva –
Excellent dictionary
I have been learning Bengali for a year with Teach Yourself Bengali, some Youtube tutorials and a lot of Bengali films but the missing piece of the puzzle was a good dictionary. TYB recommends this volume and I was not disappointed. Every word I have needed to know was present here and information on word classes is provided, which is helpful in knowing the proper context of usage. This is essential for any learner of Bengali.
Judith P Fabisch –
Help for the language learner
This book more than meets my expectations. As a student well past the language learning age, this is the tool that will help me to communicate with those around me as I live and work in India. I am grateful for all of the work that has gone into the production of this work.
mary jeske –
Great resource for learning bangla.
Very useful for learning bangla.
san –
Fantastic Ruth
Great book I use to learn
Madeline Van Ness –
Not what I expected
To difficult to understand for beginner. Print much too small
Priscilla T –
Four Stars
Great for classroom use, my students love these.
Kaiser2b –
Well oriented
Good for basic learning
Rajeev D. Majumdar –
Best Bengali Pocket Dictionary one can find!!!
This is a great dictionary, but it is so much more than that- the back as conjugations, commonly used verb lists, other useful word lists, and everything is in VERY clear print, unlike most Bengali resources. I really enjoyed the author’s Phrasebook/Dictionary (http://www.amazon.com/Bengali-Bangla-Dictionary-Phrasebook-Edition/dp/0781812526/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1AKXGTX1F8HCMPBMBVE3 ), but this is a pretty useful pocket dictionary if you are studying Bangla or traveling in Bengal.
The Reviewer –
This is an excellent dictionary. It has good transliteration. The advantage it has over the Oxford dictionary is that it is bilingual, it has Bengali to English definitions, in effect you are buying two dictionaries. The disadvantage is that it doesn’t cover enough words. The challenge for the author is to write a more comprehensive dictionary, an advanced one for those aspiring to read at an intermediate to advanced degree level. This dictionary is a good start for the learner. The author is to be congratulated for bringing the beauty of Bangla/Bengali to a wider international audience. She has done a great service to those seeking to understand and appreciate language and culture which ultimately will lead to the peaceful engagement and enjoyment of diversity between communities.
MDK –
habe es verschenkt und bisher noch keine Rückmeldung erhalten. Kann also keine Beurteilung abgeben. Einband scheint OK, kleines, dünnes Wörterbuch.