Meanings
adjectiveBengali (not comparable)
alternative archaic Bangalee · alternative archaic Bengalee · alternative uncommon Bangali
- not comparableOf, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
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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.
2016 February 19, Ahmad Ibrahim, “How to Kill a Language”, in The Daily Star
nounBengali (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalis)
plural Bengalis · alternative archaic Bangalee · alternative archaic Bengalee · alternative uncommon Bangali
proper noun
alternative archaic Bangalee · alternative archaic Bengalee · alternative uncommon Bangali
- A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
- A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
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nouna Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
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Translations
Arabic بَنْغَالِيّ, بَنْغَالِيّ
- بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy)of or pertaining to Bengal
- بَنْغَالِيّ (banḡāliyy)person from Bengal
- بَنْغَالِيَّة (banḡāliyya)person from Bengal
- اللُّغَة الْبَنْغَالِيَّة (al-luḡa l-banḡāliyya)language
- الْبَنْغَالِيَّة (al-banḡāliyya)language
Basque bengalera
- bengaleralanguage
Bengali বাঙ্গালী, বাঙালি
- বাঙ্গালী (baṅgalī)of or pertaining to Bengal
- বাঙালি (baṅali)of or pertaining to Bengal
- বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali)person from Bengal
- বাঙালি (baṅali)person from Bengal
- বাংলা (baṅla)language
- বাংলা ভাষা (baṅla bhaśa)language
- বাঙ্গালা ভাষা (baṅgala bhaśa)language
Bulgarian бенга́лски ези́к, бенга́лски
- бенга́лски ези́к (bengálski ezík)language
- бенга́лски (bengálski)language
Catalan bengalí, bengalí
- bengalíof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalíperson from Bengal
- bengalílanguage
Chinese Mandarin 孟加拉, 孟加拉人
- 孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā)of or pertaining to Bengal
- 孟加拉人 (mèngjiālārén)person from Bengal
- 孟加拉語 /孟加拉语 (mèngjiālāyǔ)language
Czech bengálský, Bengálec
- bengálskýof or pertaining to Bengal
- Bengálecperson from Bengal
- bengálštinalanguage
Danish bengalsk, bengaler
- bengalskof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalerperson from Bengal
- bengalilanguage
Dutch Bengaals, Bengalees
- Bengaalsof or pertaining to Bengal
- Bengaleesof or pertaining to Bengal
- Bengaalperson from Bengal
- Bengaalseperson from Bengal
- Bengaleesperson from Bengal
- Bengaleseperson from Bengal
- Bengaalslanguage
- Bengaleeslanguage
- Bengalilanguage
Esperanto bengalo, bengala
- bengaloperson from Bengal
- bengalalanguage
Estonian bengali keel, bengali
- bengali keellanguage
- bengalilanguage
Finnish bengalilainen, bengali
- bengalilainenof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengaliperson from Bengal
- bengalilanguage
French bengali, bengali
- bengaliof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalilanguage
German bengalisch, Bengale
- bengalischof or pertaining to Bengal
- Bengaleperson from Bengal
- Bengalinperson from Bengal
- Bengalilanguage
- Bengalischlanguage
- Bengalische Sprachelanguage
Greek βεγγαλέζικος, βεγγαλικός
- βεγγαλέζικος (vengalézikos)of or pertaining to Bengal
- βεγγαλικός (vengalikós)of or pertaining to Bengal
- Βεγγαλέζος (Vengalézos)person from Bengal
- Βεγγαλέζα (Vengaléza)person from Bengal
- μπενγκάλι (bengkáli)language
Hebrew בֶּנְגָּלִית
- בֶּנְגָּלִית (bengalít)language
Hindi बंगाली, बंगला
- बंगाली (baṅgālī)of or pertaining to Bengal
- बंगला (baṅglā)of or pertaining to Bengal
- बँगला (baṅglā)of or pertaining to Bengal
- बंगाली (baṅgālī)person from Bengal
- बंगला (baṅglā)person from Bengal
- बंगालिन (baṅgālin)person from Bengal
- बंगालन (baṅgālan)person from Bengal
- बँगला (baṅglā)person from Bengal
- बंगाली (baṅgālī)language
- बंगला (baṅglā)language
- बंगाली भाषा (baṅgālī bhāṣā)language
- बंगला भाषा (baṅglā bhāṣā)language
- बंगाली ज़ुबान (baṅgālī zubān)language
- बंगला ज़ुबान (baṅglā zubān)language
- बँगला (baṅglā)language
Hungarian bengáli, bengáli
- bengáliof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengáliperson from Bengal
- bengáliaiperson from Bengal
- bengálilanguage
Icelandic bengalska
- bengalskalanguage
Irish Beangálach, Beangálach
- Beangálachof or pertaining to Bengal
- Beangálachperson from Bengal
- Beangáilislanguage
Italian Bengalese, bengali
- Bengaleseof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalilanguage
Japanese ベンガル人, ベンガル語
- ベンガル人 (bengarujin)person from Bengal
- ベンガル語 (Bengaru-go)language
Korean 벵골어
- 벵골어 (benggoreo)language
Latvian bengāļu, bengālis
- bengāļuof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengālisperson from Bengal
- bengāleperson from Bengal
- bengāļu valodalanguage
Lithuanian bengalų kalba
- bengalų kalbalanguage
Malay Benggali, orang Benggali
- Benggaliof or pertaining to Bengal
- orang Benggaliperson from Bengal
- bahasa Benggalilanguage
Norwegian Bokmål bengali
- bengalilanguage
Persian بنگالی, بنگالی
- بنگالی (bangâli)of or pertaining to Bengal
- بنگالی (bangâli)person from Bengal
Polish bengalski, Bengalczyk
- bengalskiof or pertaining to Bengal
- Bengalczykperson from Bengal
- Bengalkaperson from Bengal
- bengalilanguage
- język bengalskilanguage
Portuguese bengali
- bengalilanguage
Romanian bengaleză
- bengalezălanguage
Russian бенга́льский, бенга́лец
- бенга́льский (bengálʹskij)of or pertaining to Bengal
- бенга́лец (bengálec)person from Bengal
- бенга́лка (bengálka)person from Bengal
- бенга́льский язы́к (bengálʹskij jazýk)language
- бенга́льский (bengálʹskij)language
Slovak bengálčina
- bengálčinalanguage
Spanish bengalí, bengalí
- bengalíof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalíperson from Bengal
- bengalílanguage
Swahili -a kibengali, Mbengali
- -a kibengaliof or pertaining to Bengal
- Mbengaliperson from Bengal
- Kibengalilanguage
Swedish bengalisk, bengal
- bengaliskof or pertaining to Bengal
- bengalperson from Bengal
- bengalilanguage
- bengaliskalanguage
Tamil வங்காள, பெங்காலி
- வங்காள (vaṅkāḷa)of or pertaining to Bengal
- பெங்காலி (peṅkāli)of or pertaining to Bengal
- வங்காள மொழி (vaṅkāḷa moḻi)language
- வங்காளம் (vaṅkāḷam)language
- பெங்காலி (peṅkāli)language
Thai ภาษาเบ็งกาลี
- ภาษาเบ็งกาลี (paa-săa beng-gaa-lii)language
Turkish Bengalli, Bengaleli
- Bengalliperson from Bengal
- Bengaleliperson from Bengal
- Bengalcelanguage
Ukrainian бенга́льський, бенга́льська мо́ва
- бенга́льський (benhálʹsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Bengal
- бенга́льська мо́ва (benhálʹsʹka móva)language
- бенга́льська (benhálʹsʹka)language
Urdu بنگالی, بنگالی
- بنگالی (bangālī)of or pertaining to Bengal
- بنگالی (bangālī)person from Bengal
- بنگلہ (baṅglā)language
- بنگلہ زبان (baṅglā zabān)language
- بنگالی زبان (baṅgālī zabān)language
- بنگالی (baṅgālī)language
Vietnamese tiếng Bengali
- tiếng Bengalilanguage
Yiddish בענגאַליש
- בענגאַליש (bengalish)language
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Cite this entry
APA
Bengali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengali
MLA
“Bengali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengali. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bengali,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengali.
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