bengali Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
  2. noun an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
  3. noun a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
    Bangla.
  4. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
    • Bengali hills

WordNet

Ben*gal"ee, Ben*gal"i noun (Also<
  • Bengalee
  • Bengali
)
Definitions
  1. The language spoken in Bengal.

Webster 1913