Bengaliadj.n.
/bɛŋˈɡɔːliː/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to Bengal.
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Mogul1617
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Mogulish1719
Bengalian1769
Punjabi1794
Bengalic1801
Oriya1801
Telugu1816
Karnata1820
Punjab1833
Kanarese1838
Mysorean1851
Marwari1855
Bengali1858
Andaman1860
Lushai1862
Manipuri1868
Jaipur1889
Malabarese1922
Madrasi1924
Mewari1925
Maharashtrian1954
Bangla1971
1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iii. 54 Bengalee or Chinese merchants.
1862 D. Forbes (title) Bengali Grammar.
B. n.
A native of Bengal; the language of Bengal, one of the Aryan vernaculars of India.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Eastern
Oriya1801
Assamese1814
Bengali1848
Sylheti1903
Bangla1955
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lix. 535 That gentleman would not let the Bengalee rest until he had executed his promise.
Derivatives
Benˈgalan n.
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Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. v. 404 The Bengalans haue a tradition or fable amongst them.
Benˈgalian adj.
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Mogul1617
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Mogulish1719
Bengalian1769
Punjabi1794
Bengalic1801
Oriya1801
Telugu1816
Karnata1820
Punjab1833
Kanarese1838
Mysorean1851
Marwari1855
Bengali1858
Andaman1860
Lushai1862
Manipuri1868
Jaipur1889
Malabarese1922
Madrasi1924
Mewari1925
Maharashtrian1954
Bangla1971
1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 130 Having met with a Bengalian doctor.
Benˈgalic adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > parts of India
Mogul1617
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Mogulish1719
Bengalian1769
Punjabi1794
Bengalic1801
Oriya1801
Telugu1816
Karnata1820
Punjab1833
Kanarese1838
Mysorean1851
Marwari1855
Bengali1858
Andaman1860
Lushai1862
Manipuri1868
Jaipur1889
Malabarese1922
Madrasi1924
Mewari1925
Maharashtrian1954
Bangla1971
1801 H. Lebedeff Gram. Ind. Dial. Introd. 3 My Sircar..introduced me to a Bengallic School Master.
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