Definition of bengalis Bengalis
/bɛŋgɑˈliz/ - [benggaleez] -
We found 3 definitions of bengalis from 2 different sources.
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What does bengalis mean?
Wiktionary 
- bengalis (Noun)
Plural of Bengali.
Part of speech
🔤- bengalis, noun, plural of bengali.
WordNet
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| bengali - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) | ||
| asian, asiatic a native or inhabitant of Asia | ||
| bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971 | ||
| hindooism, hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils | ||
| bengali - a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal | ||
| Bangla | ||
| magadhan a subfamily of Indic languages | ||
| bengali - an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India | ||
| ethnic group, ethnos people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | ||
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| bengali - of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; "Bengali hills" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bengali (n.)
The language spoken in Bengal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bengali
An Indic language spoken mainly in Bangladesh and India. -
bengali
A variant of the Eastern Nagari script used for writing several languages of India. -
bengali
An Indic language spoken mainly in Bangladesh and India.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bengali
ben-gaw′lē, adj. of or belonging to Bengal.—n. a native of Bengal: the language of Bengal.—n. Bengal′-light, a brilliant signal-light used at sea in a case of shipwreck, and in ordinary pyrotechny for illuminating a district of country—prepared from nitre, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony
Part of speech
🔤- bengali, noun, singular of bengalis.
