Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English words of Bengali origin


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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 11:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

List of English words of Bengali origin
Appears redundant. There is no list, despite the article being created 2 March 2005. There IS a link to a list in Wiki Dictionary, which contains but 3 words. Shame: I expected there to be something worthwhile and interesting here, but alas..... Sorry, but I can see no reason not to delete. Emeraude 16:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:NOT. There is but one word (Mhaney) on this 'list'. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:08, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. &mdash; mark &#9998; 18:26, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions.   -- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 17:08, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:NOT a dictionary. Angr 18:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is not, and has never been, a list. Punkmorten 18:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep -per List of English words of Hindi origin Bakaman Bakatalk 03:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions.  Bakaman Bakatalk  03:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep There is room for expansion and per List of English words of Tamil origin. The wikitionary category has 3 words. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: Wikipedia is not Wiktionary. These "word origin" lists tend to accrete unverifiable pop etymologies. Did verandah come from Hindi or Bengali? Or any of the dozens of Indian languages that use some variant of verandah? Hard to tell without reliable sources, which an article such as List of English words of Hindi origin does not provide. Would recommend all such articles get the axe. Full disclosure: I'm Bengali myself. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 05:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Rather embarassing "list" with just one entry, and I'm pretty sure that one entry isn't even correct: "meaning" probably derives from the latin "mentus". Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  12:44, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of English words of Indian origin --RF 19:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


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