Bangladeshi
/ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ.i/noun
A person from Bangladesh or something relating to Bangladesh.
Did you know?Its core element, desh, comes from Sanskrit deśa, meaning “country,” “region,” or “place,” and survives in English loanwords such as desi.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Sanskrit
Sanskrit
deśa
“Country, region, territory, or place”
Early Bengali
Bengali
deś
“Country or land; the eastern Indo-Aryan descendant of Sanskrit deśa”
Medieval Bengali
Bengali
Bāṅlā
“Bengal or the Bengali-speaking cultural region; the deeper origin of Bangla is debated, with links often proposed to Vanga”
20th Century
Bengali
Bāṅlādeś
“Bangladesh, literally “Bengal country” or “country of Bengal””
20th Century
English
Bangladeshi
“Formed from Bangladesh plus the adjectival or personal suffix -i, meaning from or relating to Bangladesh”
Modern English
English
Bangladeshi
“A person from Bangladesh, or relating to its people, culture, or language”