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Bengali

[ US /bɛŋˈɡɑɫi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
  2. (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
  3. an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
    Bengali hills

How To Use Bengali In A Sentence

  • The book as a whole is an unrivalled visual record of a colourful period in Bengali history.
  • These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay, spoken in south and southeast Asia.
  • Their fantasy of Englishness did not include the literary Bengali babu, for whom they felt contempt and distrust.
  • I was told Rajni is also fluent in Bengali and Urdu. Why are South Indians so smart?
  • Fortunately, while studying in Delhi University I fell in with a crowd of cultured Bengalis, who educated me step by joyous step.
  • Schools and community centres have joined together to produce a huge piece of textile art, inspired by the traditional Bengali patchwork cloth, the kantha.
  • Adding to latent mistrust of West Paksitan among Bengalis was the duumvirate's removal of him from Prime Ministership.
  • With such diverse output as her world music album Where Rivers Meet an evocation of her Bengali connections, with clarinettist brother Idris and the thrilling jazz virtuosity of her trio's recent live recording, pianist Zoe Rahman covers plenty of contemporary bases. This week's new live music
  • Linguistically most of Pakistan's languages are spoken in other parts of the South Asian subcontinent -- Punjabi, Sindhi and Urdu and before the separation of Bangladesh, Bengali. Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes!
  • There is no policy of transliteration: the same Bengali word is spelt differently in the text and the notes.
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