Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bengali

/bɛŋˈɡɔːli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: ben-gali
IPA: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.

noun

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.

name

A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Example Sentences

"Ethnologue, the web-based publication, estimates that there are around 41 languages in Bangladesh and all of them are living. However, 8 of them are in danger of extinction. These include Khiang, Murong, Bawm, Pangkhua among others. It is ironic to think that a nation that fought for the right to speak a language, the first recorded instance of this in history, is the same nation that internally follows an agenda of Bengali supremacy."

Etymology

Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bangalee (alternative, archaic) Bengalee (alternative, archaic) Bangali (alternative, uncommon) Bengalis (plural)

Phrases

Anglo-Bengali Bengali alphabet Bengali script non-Bengali Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms

Synonyms

Bangla bengali language bangla language

Rhymes With

ali holly molly bali poly jolly dolly mali somali trolley polly folly

Questions

How do you pronounce bengali?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/.
What does bengali mean?: Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
Where does bengali come from?: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

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