Bungalow

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late 17th century: from Hindi baṅglā ‘belonging to Bengal’, from a type of cottage built for early European settlers in Bengal.


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Borrowed from Hindi बंगला(baṅglā, “Bengali”), referring to the Bengali-style house. Compare Gujarati બંગલો(baṅglo) and Bengali বাংলা(baṅla). Doublet of bangalo.


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bungalow (n.)

1670s, Anglo-Indian, "one-story thatched house," usually surrounded by a veranda, from Gujarati bangalo, from Hindi bangla "low, thatched house," literally "Bengalese," used elliptically for "house in the Bengal style" (see Bengal). Related: Bungaloid.