Bengali

American  

[ben-gaw-lee, -gah-, beng-] / bɛnˈgɔ li, -ˈgɑ-, bɛŋ- /

noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.

2. an Indic language spoken in E India and Bangladesh.

3. Bengalee.

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adjective

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

Bengali British  

/ 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 called: Bangla.  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

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adjective

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

Example Sentences

"This is our fourth generation in Pakistan," he said, adding there are more than 106 Bengali neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city which is known as a multicultural melting pot.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

In our Bengali household, traditional rice pudding is called Payesh.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

He made campaign videos in Hindi and Bengali, among other languages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Reddit is currently working to bring machine translation to Bengali and additional languages.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

I may be more Bengali than my parents, actually.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins