# Bengali
## English
### Alternative forms

* Bangalee, Bengalee (archaic)
* Bangali (uncommon)

### Etymology

Equivalent to Bengal +‎ -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /bɛŋˈɡɑli/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

Bengali (not comparable)
* Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
** 2016 February 19, Ahmad Ibrahim, “How to Kill a Language”, in The Daily Star‎: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.

#### Derived terms

* Bengali alphabet
* Bengali script
* non-Bengali

#### Translations
### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* Bangla

#### Translations
### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Bengali terms

### Further reading

* ISO 639-1 code bn, ISO 639-3 code ben (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Bengali, ben ⁠

### Anagrams

* Algenib, Belgian, bealing, biangle

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeŋːɑli/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑ̝li]
* Rhymes: -eŋːɑli
* Hyphenation: Ben‧ga‧li

### Proper noun

Bengali
* Alternative spelling of Bengal (region of South Asia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Bengali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bengalini
accusative
nom.
Bengalini
gen.
Bengalini
genitive
Bengalini
partitive
Bengaliani
inessive
Bengalissani
elative
Bengalistani
illative
Bengaliini
adessive
Bengalillani
ablative
Bengaliltani
allative
Bengalilleni
essive
Bengalinani
translative
Bengalikseni
abessive
Bengalittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bengalisi
accusative
nom.
Bengalisi
gen.
Bengalisi
genitive
Bengalisi
partitive
Bengaliasi
inessive
Bengalissasi
elative
Bengalistasi
illative
Bengaliisi
adessive
Bengalillasi
ablative
Bengaliltasi
allative
Bengalillesi
essive
Bengalinasi
translative
Bengaliksesi
abessive
Bengalittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bengalimme
accusative
nom.
Bengalimme
gen.
Bengalimme
genitive
Bengalimme
partitive
Bengaliamme
inessive
Bengalissamme
elative
Bengalistamme
illative
Bengaliimme
adessive
Bengalillamme
ablative
Bengaliltamme
allative
Bengalillemme
essive
Bengalinamme
translative
Bengaliksemme
abessive
Bengalittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bengalinne
accusative
nom.
Bengalinne
gen.
Bengalinne
genitive
Bengalinne
partitive
Bengalianne
inessive
Bengalissanne
elative
Bengalistanne
illative
Bengaliinne
adessive
Bengalillanne
ablative
Bengaliltanne
allative
Bengalillenne
essive
Bengalinanne
translative
Bengaliksenne
abessive
Bengalittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bengalinsa
accusative
nom.
Bengalinsa
gen.
Bengalinsa
genitive
Bengalinsa
partitive
Bengaliaan Bengaliansa
inessive
Bengalissaan Bengalissansa
elative
Bengalistaan Bengalistansa
illative
Bengaliinsa
adessive
Bengalillaan Bengalillansa
ablative
Bengaliltaan Bengaliltansa
allative
Bengalilleen Bengalillensa
essive
Bengalinaan Bengalinansa
translative
Bengalikseen Bengaliksensa
abessive
Bengalittaan Bengalittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* bengalilainen
* bengalin tuli
* bengalinkettu
* bengalinkissa
* bengalintiikeri
* bengalitikku
* Länsi-Bengali

### Anagrams

* Belgian