Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Bengal or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Bengal.
- noun A person of Bengali ancestry.
- noun The modern Indic language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, a state of eastern India.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Bengal, its inhabitants, or their language; Bengalese.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Bengal; a Bengalese.
- noun The language of the Bengalis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Bengali language.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bangladesh (formerly Bengal) or its inhabitants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, from or pertaining to
Bengal - noun A person from
Bengal or of Bengali descent. - proper noun Language spoken in
Bangladesh and the states ofTripura andWest Bengal ,India .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
- noun an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
- noun (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
- noun a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Etymologies
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Examples
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The new Korean indie film “Bandobhi” (“female friend” in Bengali) focuses on the issues currently faced by these so-called 3D foreign workers of Korea.
Global Voices in English » Bangladesh, South Korea: Bandhobi, Addressing Migrant Workers’ Issues 2009
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Seeing ballet dancers perform to Rabindrasangeet, in Bengali, for an American audience was mind-blowing.
Following Her Song Around the World Vibhuti Patel 2010
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While she previously starred in four English-language films in both England and the United States in addition to her work in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil, Bachchan emphasized she is just being a good actress.
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She would tell me of the special types of desserts, called pithey and puli in Bengali, the older womenfolk of the house prepared to celebrate sankranti.
Celebrating Harvest 2006
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She would tell me of the special types of desserts, called pithey and puli in Bengali, the older womenfolk of the house prepared to celebrate sankranti.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
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Maybe next time you can show me how to build a toaster out of my Intellivision – with easy to read directions printed in Bengali?????? krinkle_man
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Build your own NES controller MP3 player 2005
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Known as Ilish in Bengali, it is undoubtedly the king of fish in both Indian state of Bengal and the country of Bangladesh (which was a part of undivided, pre-independence India).
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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Known as Ilish in Bengali, it is undoubtedly the king of fish in both Indian state of Bengal and the country of Bangladesh (which was a part of undivided, pre-independence India).
Ilish Relish 2005
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I was told Rajni is also fluent in Bengali and Urdu.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
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The contrast between Tagore's commanding presence in Bengali literature and culture, and his near-total eclipse in the rest of the world, is perhaps less interesting than the distinction between the view of Tagore as a deeply relevant and many-sided contemporary thinker in Bangladesh and
Tagore and His India 2001
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