Bengali

noun Ben·gali \ben-ˈgȯ-lē, beŋ-, -ˈgä-\

: a person born or living in Bangladesh or in a state in northeastern India called West Bengal

: a language spoken in Bangladesh and West Bengal

Full Definition of BENGALI

: a native or resident of Bengal

: the modern Indo-Aryan language of Bengal

— Bengali adjective

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Hindi baṅgālī, from Baṅgāl Bengal

First Known Use: circa 1841

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