Meanings
comparative more Bangla-centric · superlative most Bangla-centric · alternative Banglacentric
- Emphasizing the Bengalis, their culture or what is in their language.
Mujib's Bangla-centric strategy created much bad blood against him and his party in West Pakistan.
2004, ʻAbdurraḥmān Ṣiddīqī, East Pakistan the End Game: An Onlooker's Journal 1969-1971, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 542 more examples
The right wing Islamic groups and leaders who disputed the Bangla-centric secular nationalism have been insisting that separation from Pakistan did not mark the end of a predominantly Muslim consciousness in Bangladesh.
1997, Mohammad Rashiduzzaman, “Bangladesh: From a Nation to a State”, in Pacific Affairs, volume 70, number 4, →DOI, →ISSNMost of these criticisms of Nirad Chaudhuri are representations of other views expressed elsewhere: a 'gratuitous' use of literary references (63), a refusal to consider 'economic factors' in his interpretation of history (68), a Bangla-centric obsession with the 'decline of Bengal' thesis (106), […]
2015 September 3, Ian Almond, The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri: Islam, Empire and Loss, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 17
Origin
Translations
Bengali বাংলাকেন্দ্রিক
- বাংলাকেন্দ্রিক (baṅlakendrik)focused on Bengali
Dutch banglacentrisch
- banglacentrischfocused on Bengali
Finnish banglakeskeinen
- banglakeskeinenfocused on Bengali
French banglacentriste
- banglacentristefocused on Bengali
German banglazentrisch
- banglazentrischfocused on Bengali
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