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bengal light |
bengal rose |
bengal tiger |
bengalee |
bengalese |
bengali
| benghal bean
| benghazi
| bengola
| benight
| benighted
bengali
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bengali has 3 senses
- bengali(n = noun.person) Array - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus); Array is a member of bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh
- bengali(n = noun.group) Array - an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India; Array is a kind of ethnic group, ethnos
- bengali(n = noun.communication) bangla - a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal; Array is a kind of magadhan
is a kind of asian, asiatic
Derived form adjective bengali1
Derived form adjective bengali1
Derived form adjective bengali1
Adjective bengali has 1 sense
- bengali(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; "Bengali hills" Derived forms noun bengali3, noun bengali2, noun bengali1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bengali, prop. n.
The language spoken in Bengal. [1913 Webster]
bengali, prop. adj.
- Of or pertaining to the Bengali language; as, Bengali poetry. [WordNet 1.5]
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bangladesh (formerly Bengal) or its inhabitants; as, Bengali hills. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bengali, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native of Bengal, a former Indian province now consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian State of W. Bengal.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to Bengal or its people or language.
--n.
1 a native of Bengal, a former Indian province now consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian State of W. Bengal.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to Bengal or its people or language.
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