English adjective: Bengali | |||
1. | Bengali of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people | ||
Samples | Bengali 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 meronym | Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh | ||
Domain category | Hindooism, 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 | ||
Synonyms | Bangla | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Magadhan | ||