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Webster 1913 Edition
Bengali
{
, Ben-gal′ee
,Ben-gal′i
}p
rop.
Noun.
The language spoken in Bengal.
Definition 2024
Bengali
Bengali
English
Adjective
Bengali (not comparable)
- Of, from or pertaining to Bengal
Translations
of or pertaining to Bengal
Noun
Bengali (plural Bengalis)
- A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
Translations
person from Bengal
Proper noun
Bengali
- Language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.
Synonyms
Translations
language
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Bengali terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Bengali
- Alternative spelling of Bengal (region of India).
Declension
| Inflection of Bengali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Bengali | — | |
| genitive | Bengalin | — | |
| partitive | Bengalia | — | |
| illative | Bengaliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Bengali | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Bengali | — |
| gen. | Bengalin | ||
| genitive | Bengalin | — | |
| partitive | Bengalia | — | |
| inessive | Bengalissa | — | |
| elative | Bengalista | — | |
| illative | Bengaliin | — | |
| adessive | Bengalilla | — | |
| ablative | Bengalilta | — | |
| allative | Bengalille | — | |
| essive | Bengalina | — | |
| translative | Bengaliksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Bengalitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
- Länsi-Bengali
bengali
bengali
Catalan
Adjective
bengali m, f (masculine and feminine plural bengalis)
- Alternative form of bengalí
Noun
bengali m, f (plural bengalis)
- Alternative form of bengalí
Proper noun
bengali m
- Alternative form of bengalí
Finnish
Noun
bengali
- Bengali (language)
Declension
| Inflection of bengali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bengali | bengalit | |
| genitive | bengalin | bengalien bengaleiden bengaleitten |
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| partitive | bengalia | bengaleita bengaleja |
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| illative | bengaliin | bengaleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bengali | bengalit | |
| accusative | nom. | bengali | bengalit |
| gen. | bengalin | ||
| genitive | bengalin | bengalien bengaleiden bengaleitten |
|
| partitive | bengalia | bengaleita bengaleja |
|
| inessive | bengalissa | bengaleissa | |
| elative | bengalista | bengaleista | |
| illative | bengaliin | bengaleihin | |
| adessive | bengalilla | bengaleilla | |
| ablative | bengalilta | bengaleilta | |
| allative | bengalille | bengaleille | |
| essive | bengalina | bengaleina | |
| translative | bengaliksi | bengaleiksi | |
| instructive | — | bengalein | |
| abessive | bengalitta | bengaleitta | |
| comitative | — | bengaleineen | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̃ɡali/
Adjective
bengali m (feminine singular bengalie, masculine plural bengalis, feminine plural bengalies)
Noun
bengali m (uncountable)
- Bengali (language)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bengali m (definite singular bengalien, uncountable)
- Bengali (language spoken in Bangladesh and West Bengal)
References
- “bengali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bengali m (definite singular bengalien, uncountable)
bengali n (definite singular bengaliet, uncountable)
- Bengali (the language)
References
- “bengali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.