Bengali

American  

[ben-gaw-lee, -gah-, beng-] / bɛnˈgɔ li, -ˈgɑ-, bɛŋ- /

noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.

2. an Indic language spoken in E India and Bangladesh.

3. Bengalee.

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adjective

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

Bengali British  

/ bɛŋ-, bɛnˈɡɔːlɪ /

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 called: Bangla.  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

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adjective

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

Example Sentences

"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.

From Barron's

Overnight, Singh became Bollywood's most relateable voice, recording across many languages - Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu - and sometimes singing multiple songs in a single film.

From BBC

Perhaps it wouldn’t be so far-fetched to say that us Bengalis have an ingrained adoration for Payesh.

From Salon

He made campaign videos in Hindi and Bengali, among other languages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Reddit is currently working to bring machine translation to Bengali and additional languages.

From MarketWatch