adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
cot-caught-merger:/bɛŋˈɡɑli/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bangla
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Bengali hills
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bangla
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Magadhan
7
noun
Meaning 7
an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ethnic group, ethnos
8
noun
Meaning 8
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
History
Etymology
Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
Across languages
Translations
196 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَنْغَالِيّ
(banḡāliyy)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Belarusian:
бенга́льскі
(bjenhálʹski)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Bengali:
বাঙ্গালী
(baṅgalī)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Bengali:
বাঙালি
(baṅali)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Burmese:
ဘင်္ဂါလီ
(bhanggali)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Catalan:
bengalí
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Chinese Mandarin:
孟加拉
(Mèngjiālā)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Czech:
bengálský
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Danish:
bengalsk
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Dutch:
Bengaals
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Dutch:
Bengalees
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Finnish:
bengalilainen
— of or pertaining to Bengal
French:
bengali
— of or pertaining to Bengal
German:
bengalisch
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Greek:
βεγγαλέζικος
(vengalézikos)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Greek:
βεγγαλικός
(vengalikós)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Gujarati:
બંગાળી
(baṅgāḷī)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Hindi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Hindi:
बंगला
(baṅglā)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Hindi:
बँगला
(baṅglā)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Hungarian:
bengáli
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Irish:
Beangálach
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Italian:
Bengalese
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Latvian:
bengāļu
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Malay:
Benggali
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Marathi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Mon:
ဗၚ်ဂလဳ
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Persian:
بنگالی
(bangâli)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Polish:
bengalski
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Russian:
бенга́льский
(bengálʹskij)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Spanish:
bengalí
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Swahili:
-a kibengali
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Swedish:
bengalisk
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Tajik:
банголӣ
(bangoli)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Tamil:
வங்காள
(vaṅkāḷa)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Tamil:
பெங்காலி
(peṅkāli)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Ukrainian:
бенга́льський
(benhálʹsʹkyj)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Urdu:
بنگالی
(bangālī)
— of or pertaining to Bengal
Amharic:
በንጋልኛ
(bängaləñña)
— language
Arabic:
اللُّغَة الْبَنْغَالِيَّة
(al-luḡa l-banḡāliyya)
— language
Arabic:
الْبَنْغَالِيَّة
(al-banḡāliyya)
— language
Armenian:
բենգալերեն
(bengaleren)
— language
Armenian:
բենգալի
(bengali)
— language
Assamese:
বঙালী
(boṅali)
— language
Assamese:
বঙালী ভাষা
(boṅali bhaxa)
— language
Azerbaijani:
benqal dili
— language
Basque:
bengalera
— language
Belarusian:
бенга́льская мо́ва
(bjenhálʹskaja móva)
— language
Belarusian:
бенга́льская
(bjenhálʹskaja)
— language
Bengali:
বাংলা
(baṅla)
— language
Bengali:
বাংলা ভাষা
(baṅla bhaśa)
— language
Bengali:
বাঙ্গালা ভাষা
(baṅgala bhaśa)
— language
Bulgarian:
бенга́лски ези́к
(bengálski ezík)
— language
Bulgarian:
бенга́лски
(bengálski)
— language
Burmese:
ဘင်္ဂါလီဘာသာ
(bhanggalibhasa)
— language
Burmese:
ဘင်္ဂါလီ
(bhanggali)
— language
Catalan:
bengalí
— language
Cherokee:
ᏇᏂᎦᎳ
(quenigala)
— language
Chinese Mandarin:
孟加拉語 /孟加拉语
(mèngjiālāyǔ)
— language
Czech:
bengálština
— language
Danish:
bengali
— language
Dhivehi:
ބެންގާލީ
(ben̊gālī)
— language
Dutch:
Bengaals
— language
Dutch:
Bengalees
— language
Dutch:
Bengali
— language
Esperanto:
bengala
— language
Estonian:
bengali keel
— language
Estonian:
bengali
— language
Finnish:
bengali
— language
French:
bengali
— language
Georgian:
ბენგალური ენა
(bengaluri ena)
— language
Georgian:
ბენგალური
(bengaluri)
— language
German:
Bengali
— language
German:
Bengalisch
— language
German:
Bengalische Sprache
— language
Greek:
μπενγκάλι
(bengkáli)
— language
Greenlandic:
bengalimiutut
— language
Gujarati:
બંગાળી
(baṅgāḷī)
— language
Hebrew:
בֶּנְגָּלִית
(bengalít)
— language
Hindi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— language
Hindi:
बंगला
(baṅglā)
— language
Hindi:
बंगाली भाषा
(baṅgālī bhāṣā)
— language
Hindi:
बंगला भाषा
(baṅglā bhāṣā)
— language
Hindi:
बंगाली ज़ुबान
(baṅgālī zubān)
— language
Hindi:
बंगला ज़ुबान
(baṅglā zubān)
— language
Hindi:
बँगला
(baṅglā)
— language
Hungarian:
bengáli
— language
Icelandic:
bengalska
— language
Irish:
Beangáilis
— language
Italian:
bengali
— language
Japanese:
ベンガル語
(Bengaru-go)
— language
Kazakh:
баңлаша
(bañlaşa)
— language
Khmer:
ភាសាបង់ក្លាដែស
(phiesaa bɑngklaadaes)
— language
Korean:
벵골어
(benggoreo)
— language
Latvian:
bengāļu valoda
— language
Lithuanian:
bengalų kalba
— language
Macedonian:
бенгалски јазик
(bengalski jazik)
— language
Macedonian:
бенгалски
(bengalski)
— language
Malay:
bahasa Benggali
— language
Marathi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— language
Mongolian:
бенгал хэл
(bengal xel)
— language
Mongolian:
бенгал
(bengal)
— language
Navajo:
Bangla Dineʼé bizaad
— language
Nepali:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— language
Norwegian Bokmål:
bengali
— language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bengali
— language
Dari:
زَبَانِ بَنْگَالِی
(zabān-i bangālī)
— language
Dari:
بَنْگَالِی
(bangālī)
— language
Iranian Persian:
زَبانِ بَنْگالی
(zabân-e bangâli)
— language
Iranian Persian:
بَنْگالی
(bangâli)
— language
Persian:
زَبَانِ بَنْگَالِی
(zabān-i bangālī)
— language
Persian:
بَنْگَالِی
(bangālī)
— language
Polish:
bengali
— language
Polish:
język bengalski
— language
Portuguese:
bengali
— language
Romanian:
bengaleză
— language
Russian:
бенга́льский язы́к
(bengálʹskij jazýk)
— language
Russian:
бенга́льский
(bengálʹskij)
— language
Sanskrit:
बाङ्गला भाषा
(bāṅgalā bhāṣā)
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
бѐнга̄лскӣ
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
bèngālskī
— language
Slovak:
bengálčina
— language
Slovene:
bengalščina
— language
Spanish:
bengalí
— language
Swahili:
Kibengali
— language
Swedish:
bengali
— language
Swedish:
bengaliska
— language
Tajik:
банголӣ
(bangoli)
— language
Tajik:
забони банголӣ
(zabon-i bangoli)
— language
Tamil:
வங்காள மொழி
(vaṅkāḷa moḻi)
— language
Tamil:
வங்காளம்
(vaṅkāḷam)
— language
Tamil:
பெங்காலி
(peṅkāli)
— language
Telugu:
బెంగాలీ
(beṅgālī)
— language
Thai:
ภาษาเบ็งกาลี
(paa-săa beng-gaa-lii)
— language
Turkish:
Bengalce
— language
Ukrainian:
бенга́льська мо́ва
(benhálʹsʹka móva)
— language
Ukrainian:
бенга́льська
(benhálʹsʹka)
— language
Urdu:
بنگلہ
(baṅglā)
— language
Urdu:
بنگلہ زبان
(baṅglā zabān)
— language
Urdu:
بنگالی زبان
(baṅgālī zabān)
— language
Urdu:
بنگالی
(baṅgālī)
— language
Uyghur:
باڭالـچە
(ba'ngal-che)
— language
Uyghur:
باڭال تىلى
(ba'ngal tili)
— language
Vietnamese:
tiếng Bengali
— language
Walloon:
Bengali
— language
Yiddish:
בענגאַליש
(bengalish)
— language
Arabic:
بَنْغَالِيّ
(banḡāliyy)
— person from Bengal
Arabic:
بَنْغَالِيَّة
(banḡāliyya)
— person from Bengal
Assamese:
বঙাল
(boṅal)
— person from Bengal
Assamese:
বঙালী
(boṅali)
— person from Bengal
Bengali:
বাঙ্গালী
(baṅgali)
— person from Bengal
Bengali:
বাঙালি
(baṅali)
— person from Bengal
Burmese:
ဘင်္ဂါလီ
(bhanggali)
— person from Bengal
Catalan:
bengalí
— person from Bengal
Chinese Mandarin:
孟加拉人
(mèngjiālārén)
— person from Bengal
Czech:
Bengálec
— person from Bengal
Danish:
bengaler
— person from Bengal
Dutch:
Bengaal
— person from Bengal
Dutch:
Bengaalse
— person from Bengal
Dutch:
Bengalees
— person from Bengal
Dutch:
Bengalese
— person from Bengal
Esperanto:
bengalo
— person from Bengal
Finnish:
bengali
— person from Bengal
German:
Bengale
— person from Bengal
German:
Bengalin
— person from Bengal
Greek:
Βεγγαλέζος
(Vengalézos)
— person from Bengal
Greek:
Βεγγαλέζα
(Vengaléza)
— person from Bengal
Gujarati:
બંગાળી
(baṅgāḷī)
— person from Bengal
Hindi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— person from Bengal
Hindi:
बंगला
(baṅglā)
— person from Bengal
Hindi:
बंगालिन
(baṅgālin)
— person from Bengal
Hindi:
बंगालन
(baṅgālan)
— person from Bengal
Hindi:
बँगला
(baṅglā)
— person from Bengal
Hungarian:
bengáli
— person from Bengal
Hungarian:
bengáliai
— person from Bengal
Irish:
Beangálach
— person from Bengal
Japanese:
ベンガル人
(bengarujin)
— person from Bengal
Kazakh:
бенгал
(beñal)
— person from Bengal
Latvian:
bengālis
— person from Bengal
Latvian:
bengāle
— person from Bengal
Malay:
orang Benggali
— person from Bengal
Marathi:
बंगाली
(baṅgālī)
— person from Bengal
Persian:
بنگالی
(bangâli)
— person from Bengal
Polish:
Bengalczyk
— person from Bengal
Polish:
Bengalka
— person from Bengal
Russian:
бенга́лец
(bengálec)
— person from Bengal
Russian:
бенга́лка
(bengálka)
— person from Bengal
Spanish:
bengalí
— person from Bengal
Swahili:
Mbengali
— person from Bengal
Swedish:
bengal
— person from Bengal
Tajik:
банголӣ
(bangoli)
— person from Bengal
Telugu:
బెంగాలీ
(beṅgālī)
— person from Bengal
Turkish:
Bengalli
— person from Bengal
Turkish:
Bengaleli
— person from Bengal
Ottoman Turkish:
بنكالهلی
(bengaleli)
— person from Bengal