English Explanatory Dictionary

Bengali

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
noun
  1. A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
name
  1. A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
  2. A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Pronunciation

/bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ En-us-Bengali.ogg

Word forms

Bengali Bangalee Bengalee Bangali Bengalis

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Bangla

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms

Derived words

Anglo-Bengali Bengali alphabet Bengali script non-Bengali
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