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Bengali

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Etymology

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Equivalent to Bengal +‎ -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Bengali (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
    • 2016 February 19, Ahmad Ibrahim, “How to Kill a Language”, in The Daily Star[1]:
      Ethnologue, the web-based publication, estimates that there are around 41 languages in Bangladesh and all of them are living. However, 8 of them are in danger of extinction. These include Khiang, Murong, Bawm, Pangkhua among others. It is ironic to think that a nation that fought for the right to speak a language, the first recorded instance of this in history, is the same nation that internally follows an agenda of Bengali supremacy.

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Noun

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Bengali (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalis)

  1. (countable) A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
  2. (uncountable) A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
  3. (uncountable) A village in Nancowry, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeŋːɑli/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑ̝li]
  • Rhymes: -eŋːɑli
  • Hyphenation(key): Ben‧ga‧li

Proper noun

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Bengali

  1. Alternative spelling of Bengal (region of South Asia)

Declension

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Inflection of Bengali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Bengali
genitive Bengalin
partitive Bengalia
illative Bengaliin
singular plural
nominative Bengali
accusative nom. Bengali
gen. Bengalin
genitive Bengalin
partitive Bengalia
inessive Bengalissa
elative Bengalista
illative Bengaliin
adessive Bengalilla
ablative Bengalilta
allative Bengalille
essive Bengalina
translative Bengaliksi
abessive Bengalitta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Bengali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Bengalini
accusative nom. Bengalini
gen. Bengalini
genitive Bengalini
partitive Bengaliani
inessive Bengalissani
elative Bengalistani
illative Bengaliini
adessive Bengalillani
ablative Bengaliltani
allative Bengalilleni
essive Bengalinani
translative Bengalikseni
abessive Bengalittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Bengalisi
accusative nom. Bengalisi
gen. Bengalisi
genitive Bengalisi
partitive Bengaliasi
inessive Bengalissasi
elative Bengalistasi
illative Bengaliisi
adessive Bengalillasi
ablative Bengaliltasi
allative Bengalillesi
essive Bengalinasi
translative Bengaliksesi
abessive Bengalittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Bengalimme
accusative nom. Bengalimme
gen. Bengalimme
genitive Bengalimme
partitive Bengaliamme
inessive Bengalissamme
elative Bengalistamme
illative Bengaliimme
adessive Bengalillamme
ablative Bengaliltamme
allative Bengalillemme
essive Bengalinamme
translative Bengaliksemme
abessive Bengalittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Bengalinne
accusative nom. Bengalinne
gen. Bengalinne
genitive Bengalinne
partitive Bengalianne
inessive Bengalissanne
elative Bengalistanne
illative Bengaliinne
adessive Bengalillanne
ablative Bengaliltanne
allative Bengalillenne
essive Bengalinanne
translative Bengaliksenne
abessive Bengalittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Bengalinsa
accusative nom. Bengalinsa
gen. Bengalinsa
genitive Bengalinsa
partitive Bengaliaan
Bengaliansa
inessive Bengalissaan
Bengalissansa
elative Bengalistaan
Bengalistansa
illative Bengaliinsa
adessive Bengalillaan
Bengalillansa
ablative Bengaliltaan
Bengaliltansa
allative Bengalilleen
Bengalillensa
essive Bengalinaan
Bengalinansa
translative Bengalikseen
Bengaliksensa
abessive Bengalittaan
Bengalittansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

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