Bengali

== English == === Alternative forms === Bangalee, Bengalee (archaic) Bangali (uncommon) === Etymology === Equivalent to Bengal +‎ -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ === Adjective === Bengali (not comparable) Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Bengali (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalis) A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent. Synonym: Bangla ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Bengali A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India. A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code bn, ISO 639-3 code ben (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Bengali, ben ⁠ === Anagrams === Algenib, Belgian, bealing, biangle == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeŋːɑli/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑ̝li] Rhymes: -eŋːɑli Syllabification(key): Ben‧ga‧li Hyphenation(key): Ben‧ga‧li === Proper noun === Bengali alternative spelling of Bengal (region of South Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Belgian