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Vinony

Bengali

proper noun

  1. language
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ / /bɛŋˈɡɑli/

adj

Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

  1. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.

    “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.”

name

Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

  1. A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
  2. A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

noun

Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

  1. A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.