1. (

• Bengali

) (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) ;

2. (

• Bengali

) an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India ;

3. (

• Bengali ,
• Bangla

) a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal ;

1. (

• Bengali

) of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; "Bengali hills" ;