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EAST PAKISTANI
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language
Example:
Bangladeshi dialects
Synonyms:
Bangladeshi; East Pakistani
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Bangladesh (a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country))