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Noun: Bengali  ben'go-lee or ben'gaa-lee
  1. A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
    - Bangla, Bengali language, Bangla language
     
  2. An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
     
  3. (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
Adjective: Bengali  ben'go-lee or ben'gaa-lee
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
    "Bengali hills"

Derived forms: Bengalis

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, ethnic group, ethnos, Magadhan

Part of: Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh

Encyclopedia: Bengali, Nancowry