Bengali

[ ben-gaw-lee, -gah-, beng- ]

noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.
2. an Indic language spoken in E India and Bangladesh.
3. Bengalee.

adjective

1. of or relating to Bengal, its inhabitants, or their language; Bengalese.

Bengali

/ bɛnˈɡɔːlɪ; bɛŋ- /

noun

1. a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. The West Bengalis are mainly Hindus; the East Bengalis of Bangladesh are mainly Muslims
2. Also calledBangla the language of this people: the official language of Bangladesh and the chief language of West Bengal; it belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

adjective

1. of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language

Example Sentences

We frequently enjoyed his Bengali vegetarian feasts while discussing different aspects of Eastern philosophy late into the night.

From The Daily Beast

Shockingly, there is one nonwhite person in the cast, Salwa, or as MTV has dubbed her, “Bengali in boots.”

From The Daily Beast

Verbally, Hindi and Urdu are very similar, and Punjabi and Bengali are related to Hindi and Urdu.

From The Daily Beast

The studio also acquired the remake rights to the documentary The Bengali Detective.

From The Daily Beast

The language itself is called Rukheng by those who use it; but the Bengali name is Mug.

From Project Gutenberg

If the question were settled by a reference to authorities, the answer would be that the Bengali was essentially Sanskrit.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no single Assamese nationality, and the Assamese language is merely a modern dialect of Bengali.

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To outface and down-talk a Calcutta-taught Bengali, a voluble Dacca drug-vendor, would be a good game.

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But the Bengali, appearing from somewhere, had given them money, and would make shift with their dialect.

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