Bengali

[beŋ'ɡɔ:li]

Definition

(noun.) a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal.

(noun.) an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India.

(noun.) (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; 'Bengali hills' .

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Definition

(n.) The language spoken in Bengal.

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Definition

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.

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