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BENGALI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Synonyms:
Bangla; Bengali
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Bengali" is a kind of...):
Magadhan (a subfamily of Indic languages)
Derivation:
Bengali (of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Bengali" is a kind of...):
ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)
Derivation:
Bengali (of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bengali" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Domain category:
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)
Holonyms ("Bengali" is a member of...):
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. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country))
Derivation:
Bengali (of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
Example:
Bengali hills
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Bengal (a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India)
Derivation:
Bengali (a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal)
Bengali (an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India)
Bengali ((Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus))
