Bengali

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EtymologyEdit

From Classical Persian بنگالی(bangālī). Equivalent to Bengal +‎ -i.

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AdjectiveEdit

Bengali (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
    • 2016 February 19, Ahmad Ibrahim, “How to Kill a Language”, in The Daily Star[1]:
      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.

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NounEdit

Bengali (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalis)

  1. (countable) A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.
  2. (uncountable) A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.
  3. (uncountable) A village in Nancowry, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeŋːɑli/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑli]
  • Rhymes: -eŋːɑli
  • Syllabification(key): Ben‧ga‧li

Proper nounEdit

Bengali

  1. Alternative spelling of Bengal (region of South Asia)

DeclensionEdit

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
Possessive forms of Bengali (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Bengalini Bengalimme
2nd person Bengalisi Bengalinne
3rd person Bengalinsa

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