Definition of Bengali

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people. "Bengali hills"

Partainyms: Bengal

2. Noun. (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).
Category relationships: Hindooism, Hinduism
Group relationships: Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic Of Bangladesh
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic

3. Noun. An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India.
Generic synonyms: Ethnic Group, Ethnos

4. Noun. A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal.
Exact synonyms: Bangla
Generic synonyms: Magadhan

Definition of Bengali

1. Adjective. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal ¹

2. Noun. A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent. ¹

3. Proper noun. Language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bengali

Benet
Benevento
Benford's law
Bengal
Bengal bean
Bengal fox
Bengal foxes
Bengal kino
Bengal light
Bengal lights
Bengal rose
Bengal tiger
Bengal tigers
Bengalee
Bengalees
Bengali
Bengalis
Benghal bean
Benghazi
Benghazi Handicap
Bengkulu
Benguela Current
Benin
Benin franc
Beninese
Benioff zone
Benioff zones
Benito
Benito Mussolini
Benjamin

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