1.[uncountableU]SLL the language used in Bangladesh and West Bengal 孟加拉语
2.[countableC]SAN someone from Bengal 孟加拉人
—Bengaliadjectiveadj
Examples from the Corpus
Bengali• Gupta is a Bengali, a Brabiliall, or so he says.• She didn't look at us, didn't answer when I spoke in Bengali.• Yelling in Bengali for help, they reached the door of the other family.• He always starts like that, and then switches into Bengali.• I asked for my question to be translated into Bengali.
OriginBengali
(1700-1800)HindiBangali, from Bangal“Bengal”, area of Bangladesh and eastern India