Bengali (redirected from Bengalis)

Ben·ga·li  (bn-gôl, bng-)

adj.

Of or relating to Bengal or its people, language, or culture.

n. pl. Bengali or Ben·ga·lis

1. A native or inhabitant of Bengal.

2. The modern Indic language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, a state of eastern India.

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Bengali

Noun

1. a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and West Bengal

2. the language of this people

Adjective

of Bengal or the Bengalis

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Bengali - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) 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 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 Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
	2.	Bengali - an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
	3.	Bengali - a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal Bangla Magadhan - a subfamily of Indic languages
Adj.	1.	Bengali - of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; "Bengali hills"