English words from Bengali
- deThe name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
- BangladeshA country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.
- miaAbsent for a long time.
- boseTo strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
- debA debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).
- calcuttaA form of auction in which people invest in a player's success
- mechA large piloted combat robot.
- cdifuck.
- KolkataThe capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.
- DhakaThe capital city of Bangladesh.
- dinghyA small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
- BangladeshiA native or inhabitant of Bangladesh or person of Bangladeshi descent.
- juteThe coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
- takaThe official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳
- mannaFood miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- MukherjeeA surname from Bengali.
- BanerjeeA surname from Bengali.
- ChatterjeeA surname from Bengali.
- ManipurA state in northeastern India. Capital: Imphal.
- GangulyA surname from Bengali.
- HowrahA large city and municipality of West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata; the headquarters of Howrah district, West Bengal, India.
- KharagpurA city and municipality of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
- sarkarAn administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
- ChowdhuryA surname from Bengali.
- DattaA surname from Bengali.
- BhattacharyaA surname from Bengali.
- TagoreA surname from Bengali.
- DasguptaA surname from Bengali.
- SuriA surname.
- GuhaSynonym of Kartikeya (“Hindu god”).
- SenguptaA surname from Bengali.
- AurobindoA male given name from Bengali.
- addaAn informal meeting place for conversation.
- MajumdarA surname from Bengali.
- ChattopadhyayA surname from Bengali, more usually anglicised as Chatterjee.
- miyaA Japanese shrine.
- SylhetA city in Bangladesh.
- UddinA surname from Bengali.
- gaurAn Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
- MiahA South Asian honorific for a Muslim man.
- upazilaAn administrative division under districts, broadly equivalent to a subdistrict.
- sholaA wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.
- KunduA surname from Bengali.
- BarisalA large city, the capital of the Barisal District and Barisal Division, Bangladesh.
- MeghnaOne of the three major rivers of Bangladesh which forms the Ganges delta, along with the Ganges (Padma) and Brahmaputra (Jamuna).
- MaldaA district of West Bengal, India.
- HooghlyA river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.
- mathaA monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.
- bondarSynonym of Asian palm civet.
- ghotiA constructed word said to be an alternative spelling of fish.
- BandelA dry, crumbly smoked cheese from Bandel, India, made by separating the curds from whey with lemon juice.
- SundarbansA mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers in the Bay of Bengal.
- HoqueA surname from Bengali.
- JessoreA city in Bangladesh.
- JadavpurA neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- MondalA surname from Bengali.
- sandesha dessert originating from Bengal.
- BaralA surname from Bengali.
- ComillaA city in Bangladesh.
- MymensinghThe capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh.
- rangpurCitrus limon (syn. Citrus × limonia), a citrus fruit which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon.
- SarkerA surname from Bengali.
- SilcharA city in Assam, India.
- Burdwanformer name of Bardhaman, a city in West Bengal, India.
- AnirbanA male given name from Bengali, one of the most common names found among Bengalis.
- ChandpurThe principal city of Chandpur District
- MidnaporeA large city and municipality of West Bengal, India; the headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
- ChakmaA member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.
- JalpaiguriA district of West Bengal, India.
- AktarA surname from Bengali.
- santalA colourless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.
- ContaiA town and municipality of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
- BarasatA large city and municipality of West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata; the headquarters of North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
- MayapurMayapur, city of West Bengal
- NaxaliteA member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
- AsansolA city and municipality of West Bengal; the headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.
- akhniA mixed rice dish
- AliporeA neighbourhood of Kolkata; the headquarters of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
- AlipurduarA district of West Bengal, India.
- alpanaA Bengali folk art style involving colorful patterns and symbols painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour.
- bakarkhaniA sweet biscuity flatbread originating in Old Dhaka.
- BandarbanA hill district in Bangladesh.
- BangabhumiBengal
- bangalA Bengali who originates from eastern Bengal.
- BangaonA city in West Bengal, India.
- BankuraA city and municipality of West Bengal; the headquarters of Bankura district, West Bengal, India.
- Barabkunda UnionA union of Sitakunda Upazila of Chattogram.
- BaranagarA city in West Bengal, India.
- BardhamanA city in West Bengal, India.
- BerhamporeA city and municipality of West Bengal; the headquarters of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India.
- bhadralokA member of a class of rich high-caste (Brahmin) landlords in Bengal formed during the British Raj.
- bighaA measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
- BirbhumA district of West Bengal, India.
- biroin chalSynonym of glutinous rice.
- BiswaA surname from Bengali.
- boliahA kind of light accommodation boat with a cabin, in use on the Bengal rivers.
- borhaniYoghurt-like drink of Bangladesh.
- bou bhatA Bengali ritual feast traditionally held after a wedding, where the groom's family for the first time taste rice cooked by the new bride.
- Brahmanbaria DistrictOne of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
- Brajabulia literary constructed language from Maithili and Bengali.