Bengali

//bɛŋˈɡɔːli// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. not-comparable

    "Ethnologue, the web-based publication, estimates that there are around 41 languages in Bangladesh and all of them are living. However, 8 of them are in danger of extinction. These include Khiang, Murong, Bawm, Pangkhua among others. It is ironic to think that a nation that fought for the right to speak a language, the first recorded instance of this in history, is the same nation that internally follows an agenda of Bengali supremacy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
  2. 2
    A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal wordnet
  3. 3
    an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India wordnet
  4. 4
    (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

Etymology 2

Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

Etymology 3

Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

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