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Bengali en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
Etymology
Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
Ethnologue, the web-based publication, estimates that there are around 41 languages in Bangladesh and all of them are living. However, 8 of them are in danger of extinction. These include Khiang, Murong, Bawm, Pangkhua among others. It is ironic to think that a nation that fought for the right to speak a language, the first recorded instance of this in history, is the same nation that internally follows an agenda of Bengali supremacy.
2016 February 19, Ahmad Ibrahim, “How to Kill a Language”, in The Daily Star:
Forms
Deriveds
Bengali alphabet · Bengali script · non-Bengali · Anglo-Bengali
Translations (38)
cmn 孟加拉 (of or pertaining to Bengal) · hi बँगला (of or pertaining to Bengal) · hi बंगाली (of or pertaining to Bengal) · hu bengáli (of or pertaining to Bengal) · uk бенга́льський (of or pertaining to Bengal) · tg банголӣ (of or pertaining to Bengal) · pl bengalski (of or pertaining to Bengal) · lv bengāļu (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ru бенга́льский (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ms Benggali (of or pertaining to Bengal) · sw -a kibengali (of or pertaining to Bengal) · my ဘင်္ဂါလီ (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ta வங்காள (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ga Beangálach (of or pertaining to Bengal) · fi bengalilainen (of or pertaining to Bengal) · fr bengali (of or pertaining to Bengal) · nl Bengalees (of or pertaining to Bengal) · mr बंगाली (of or pertaining to Bengal) · cs bengálský (of or pertaining to Bengal) · fa بنگالی (of or pertaining to Bengal) · es bengalí (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ta பெங்காலி (of or pertaining to Bengal) · el βεγγαλικός (of or pertaining to Bengal) · sv bengalisk (of or pertaining to Bengal) · da bengalsk (of or pertaining to Bengal) · hi बंगला (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ca bengalí (of or pertaining to Bengal) · de bengalisch (of or pertaining to Bengal) · el βεγγαλέζικος (of or pertaining to Bengal) · it Bengalese (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ar بَنْغَالِيّ (of or pertaining to Bengal) · nl Bengaals (of or pertaining to Bengal) · bn বাঙ্গালী (of or pertaining to Bengal) · mnw ဗၚ်ဂလဳ (of or pertaining to Bengal) · bn বাঙালি (of or pertaining to Bengal) · be бенга́льскі (of or pertaining to Bengal) · ur بنگالی (of or pertaining to Bengal) · gu બંગાળી (of or pertaining to Bengal)
Bengali en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
Etymology
Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
Forms
Synonyms
Bangla
Translations (50)
da bengaler (person from Bengal) · ota بنكالهلی (person from Bengal) · bn বাঙালি (person from Bengal) · mr बंगाली (person from Bengal) · ru бенга́лка (person from Bengal) · pl Bengalka (person from Bengal) · lv bengāle (person from Bengal) · ar بَنْغَالِيَّة (person from Bengal) · ca bengalí (person from Bengal) · pl Bengalczyk (person from Bengal) · es bengalí (person from Bengal) · ja ベンガル人 (person from Bengal) · tr Bengalli (person from Bengal) · sw Mbengali (person from Bengal) · hi बँगला (person from Bengal) · eo bengalo (person from Bengal) · my ဘင်္ဂါလီ (person from Bengal) · hi बंगालन (person from Bengal) · ar بَنْغَالِيّ (person from Bengal) · fa بنگالی (person from Bengal) · ur بنگالی (person from Bengal) · as বঙালী (person from Bengal) · hu bengáli (person from Bengal) · de Bengalin (person from Bengal) · ms orang Benggali (person from Bengal) · hi बंगाली (person from Bengal) · nl Bengaalse (person from Bengal) · cs Bengálec (person from Bengal) · sv bengal (person from Bengal) · ru бенга́лец (person from Bengal) · te బెంగాలీ (person from Bengal) · fi bengali (person from Bengal) · as বঙাল (person from Bengal) · hu bengáliai (person from Bengal) · nl Bengaal (person from Bengal) · tg банголӣ (person from Bengal) · cmn 孟加拉人 (person from Bengal) · gu બંગાળી (person from Bengal) · el Βεγγαλέζα (person from Bengal) · bn বাঙ্গালী (person from Bengal) · tr Bengaleli (person from Bengal) · kk бенгал (person from Bengal) · ga Beangálach (person from Bengal) · hi बंगालिन (person from Bengal) · de Bengale (person from Bengal) · nl Bengalese (person from Bengal) · nl Bengalees (person from Bengal) · el Βεγγαλέζος (person from Bengal) · hi बंगला (person from Bengal) · lv bengālis (person from Bengal)
Bengali en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
Etymology
Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
Meanings
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A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
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A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Forms
Relateds
Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms
Translations (108)
mk бенгалски јазик (language) · ko 벵골어 (language) · bn বাঙ্গালা ভাষা (language) · be бенга́льская (language) · fa-cls زَبَانِ بَنْگَالِی (language) · th ภาษาเบ็งกาลี (language) · nl Bengaals (language) · ga Beangáilis (language) · cmn 孟加拉語 /孟加拉语 (language) · te బెంగాలీ (language) · vi tiếng Bengali (language) · mn бенгал (language) · hi बंगला भाषा (language) · ur بنگالی زبان (language) · ar الْبَنْغَالِيَّة (language) · nn bengali (language) · ms bahasa Benggali (language) · sl bengalščina (language) · ka ბენგალური (language) · mn бенгал хэл (language) · ar اللُّغَة الْبَنْغَالِيَّة (language) · ur بنگلہ زبان (language) · pt bengali (language) · hi बंगला ज़ुबान (language) · fa-cls بَنْگَالِی (language) · uk бенга́льська (language) · ne बंगाली (language) · it bengali (language) · be бенга́льская мо́ва (language) · eo bengala (language) · tg забони банголӣ (language) · fi bengali (language) · tr Bengalce (language) · pl bengali (language) · bg бенга́лски ези́к (language) · prs زَبَانِ بَنْگَالِی (language) · sk bengálčina (language) · da bengali (language) · eu bengalera (language) · gu બંગાળી (language) · sh бѐнга̄лскӣ (language) · ca bengalí (language) · ug باڭالـچە (language) · hy բենգալի (language) · hi बंगाली ज़ुबान (language) · de Bengalische Sprache (language) · de Bengali (language) · dv ބެންގާލީ (language) · ru бенга́льский язы́к (language) · ur بنگلہ (language) · hu bengáli (language) · ru бенга́льский (language) · hy բենգալերեն (language) · sh bèngālskī (language) · uk бенга́льська мо́ва (language) · fa-ira زَبانِ بَنْگالی (language) · as বঙালী (language) · mk бенгалски (language) · sw Kibengali (language) · is bengalska (language) · nb bengali (language) · chr ᏇᏂᎦᎳ (language) · kl bengalimiutut (language) · hi बंगाली (language) · de Bengalisch (language) · bg бенга́лски (language) · ta வங்காள மொழி (language) · am በንጋልኛ (language) · ta வங்காளம் (language) · hi बँगला (language) · nl Bengali (language) · nl Bengalees (language) · bn বাংলা ভাষা (language) · as বঙালী ভাষা (language) · kk баңлаша (language) · yi בענגאַליש (language) · bn বাংলা (language) · sv bengali (language) · wa Bengali (language) · prs بَنْگَالِی (language) · ro bengaleză (language) · hi बंगला (language) · el μπενγκάλι (language) · my ဘင်္ဂါလီဘာသာ (language) · sv bengaliska (language) · et bengali keel (language) · sa बाङ्गला भाषा (language) · ja ベンガル語 (language) · ka ბენგალური ენა (language) · es bengalí (language) · et bengali (language) · ur بنگالی (language) · fa-ira بَنْگالی (language) · az benqal dili (language) · km ភាសាបង់ក្លាដែស (language) · fr bengali (language) · lt bengalų kalba (language) · ug باڭال تىلى (language) · hi बंगाली भाषा (language) · pl język bengalski (language) · nv Bangla Dineʼé bizaad (language) · tg банголӣ (language) · ta பெங்காலி (language) · my ဘင်္ဂါလီ (language) · mr बंगाली (language) · he בֶּנְגָּלִית (language) · lv bengāļu valoda (language) · cs bengálština (language)