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Bengali

Pronunciation: /bɛŋˈgɔːli/
Definition of Bengali

noun (plural Bengalis)

  • 1a native of Bengal.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Indic language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, spoken by some 200 million people. It is written in a script similar to the Devanagari script.

adjective

  • relating to Bengal, its people, or their language.

Origin:

from Hindi baṅgālī

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