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English adjective: Bengali

1. Bengali of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people


SamplesBengali hills.


English noun: Bengali

1. Bengali (person) (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)


Broader (hypernym)Asian, Asiatic


Member meronymBangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh


Domain categoryHindooism, Hinduism

2. Bengali (group) an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India


Broader (hypernym)ethnic group, ethnos

3. Bengali (communication) a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal


SynonymsBangla


Broader (hypernym)Magadhan









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