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Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
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Bengali
Today it means: Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. Full definition →