bengali

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people (synset 303059100)
    "Bengali hills"
Noun
  1. (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) (synset 109711826)
    referred to in: hindooism, hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
    is a type of: asian, asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
    belongs to: bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
  2. An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India (synset 108500364)
    is a type of: ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
  3. A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people;
    The official language of Bangladesh and Bengal (synset 106983620)
    is a type of: magadhan - a subfamily of Indic languages
    same as: bangla

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