Bengali
noun
Ben·gali
ben-ˈgȯ-lē 
beŋ-,
-ˈgä-
1
: a native or resident of Bengal
2
: the modern Indo-Aryan language of Bengal
Bengali
adjective
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The film is on the Bengali ritual of Charak Puja and talks about blind faith, child sacrifice and focuses on the clash between faith and humanity.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
After a nine-month war, in which India sided with the Bengali partisans, Pakistan was defeated and an independent Bangladesh was declared in March 1971.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
The Hindi film industry is just one of eight major film-producing industries of India, with films being made in such other languages as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.
—Vishal Menon, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Its nine stories concern the complicated Bengali families in India and America, and Lahiri’s elegant, observant prose is constantly alert to the ways that lore and folkways shape or abrade relationships.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
After a nine-month war, in which India sided with the Bengali partisans, Pakistan was defeated and an independent Bangladesh was declared in March 1971.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
The Hindi film industry is just one of eight major film-producing industries of India, with films being made in such other languages as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.
—Vishal Menon, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Its nine stories concern the complicated Bengali families in India and America, and Lahiri’s elegant, observant prose is constantly alert to the ways that lore and folkways shape or abrade relationships.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Bengali.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bengali. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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Bengali
noun
Ben·gali
ben-ˈgȯ-lē
beŋ-
1
: a person born or living in Bengal
2
: the language of Bengal
Bengali
adjective
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