Bengali

[ ben-gaw-lee, -gah-, beng- ]

noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.
2. an Indic language spoken in E India and Bangladesh.
3. Bengalee.

adjective

1. of or relating to Bengal, its inhabitants, or their language; Bengalese.

Bengali

/ bɛŋ-; bɛnˈɡɔːlɪ /

noun

1. a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. The West Bengalis are mainly Hindus; the East Bengalis of Bangladesh are mainly Muslims
2. Also calledBangla the language of this people: the official language of Bangladesh and the chief language of West Bengal; it belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

adjective

1. of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language

Example Sentences

Underneath in Bengali are the words “We want justice.”

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Hilsa holds an almost sacred status among Bengalis on both sides of the border, and its scarcity will frustrate many.

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He points to a group of Bengali teenagers who got “caught” playing their national sport at the local park.

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“We were supposed to go to prayers together, but since I was a little late, he went to the mosque alone,” Mr Razzaq told BBC Bengali.

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His association with Tagore indicates his acceptance as an artist among Kolkata's Bengali elite.

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