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Bengali

Bengali

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A person from the region of Bengal in India and Bangladesh
  • noun
  • /bɛŋˈɡɑːli/
: bengalí
  • As a Bengali, she takes pride in her culture's rich literary heritage.

It would be TV gold if it turned out that Nigel Farage was third generation Bengali, wouldn't it?

Examples

  • So all Bengali families always have some type of art related things growing up, either it's painting or, you know, dancing or singing or something.

  • Back in his court, a strong underground plot to overthrow the Bengali Prince had grown, led by Siraj's scheming uncle Mia Jafar.

  • There's some incredible food here, from Indian sweet shops, Himalayan Momo's, spicy Mexican street food to Bengali street carts.

  • Many Bengali families celebrate the festival of Durga Puja with great enthusiasm.

  • The Bengali community in the city hosts regular cultural events to showcase their traditions.

Surface Forms

Bengali singular
Bengalis plural

Morphology

Bengali = Bengal (transparent) = Bengal + i

Derived by adding the demonymic suffix '-i' to 'Bengal'; the person sense is predictable from that formation.

Etymology

Bengali comes from the region name Bengal, called Bangla by the people who live there. So a Bengali is someone 'from Bengal' and a member of that ethnic community.