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mutt Newbie United States Joined 6155 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Bengali	Message 1 of 5 24 January 2008 at 1:00pm \| IP Logged
	Does anyone know the name of a decent english-bengali dictionary that utilizes transliteration, ie romanization? If it went both directions (e-b b-e) that would be best but I would be happy with e-b at this time as long as the bengali words are not solely script. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful
unzum Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom soyouwanttolearnalan Joined 6914 days ago 371 posts - 478 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin	Message 2 of 5 24 January 2008 at 5:58pm \| IP Logged
	Here you go! Virtual Bangladesh online dictionary 1 person has voted this message useful
mutt Newbie United States Joined 6155 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Bengali	Message 3 of 5 24 January 2008 at 8:22pm \| IP Logged
	Hey, Thanks for the reply. I've tried VB but they really aren't that extensive. I am also looking for a real dictionary. I searched via amazon and didnt have a whole lot of luck with that. I wound up going through their used book partners and found one that had decent reviews and didnt break the bank account - I actually found e-b dictionaries between 100-500 US$. What the heck?! I offered to help VB out but no reply, so I may make my own when the day comes I'm able to do so :) Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful
unzum Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom soyouwanttolearnalan Joined 6914 days ago 371 posts - 478 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin	Message 4 of 5 25 January 2008 at 5:50pm \| IP Logged
	Well, I've had a look at the 'Further reading' section in my TY Bengali book & it say most English-Bengali dictionaries aren't that good, as they tend to give descriptions of the English word in Bengali instead of a translation. However, they say Ghulam Murshid's Bengali-English-Bengali dictionary is good, although it's most probably all in script. This link contains links to a few Bengali mono-lingual dictionaries & a Bengali-English dictionary by Samsad. Apparently there is an English-Bengali dictionary that is meant to be available from November 2007 but it stil isn't there. Apart from that TY Bengali also mentions Essential Everyday Bengali which has an extensive glossary. Well, that's all I could find. Let me know if it helps. And could I ask why do you want a dictionary in romanised Bengali rather than script? 1 person has voted this message useful
Deji Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5440 days ago 116 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Hindi, Bengali	Message 5 of 5 31 July 2011 at 9:34pm \| IP Logged
	This is an old thread, but maybe someone checking it out might be interested: Try this--of course, it's written IN Bangla. Not only that, it's written in 1857 (??). But hey, it's free and it's better than most dictionaries on the market. http://www.archive.org/stream/companiontojohns00mendrich#pag e/n3/mode/2up 1 person has voted this message useful

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