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Ben·ga·li
(bĕn-gô′lē, bĕng-)adj. Of or relating to Bengal or its people, language, or culture.
n.pl.Bengali or Ben·ga·lis1. b. A person of Bengali ancestry.
2. The modern Indic language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, a state of eastern India.
Bengali
(bɛnˈɡɔːlɪ; bɛŋ-) n1. (Peoples) a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. The West Bengalis are mainly Hindus; the East Bengalis of Bangladesh are mainly Muslims
2. (Languages) Also called: Bangla the language of this people: the official language of Bangladesh and the chief language of West Bengal; it belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
adj3. (Placename) of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language
4. (Languages) of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language
5. (Peoples) of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language
Ben•ga•li
(bɛnˈgɔ li, -ˈgɑ-, bɛŋ-)n., pl. -lis.
1. an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bangladesh, West Bengal, and adjacent areas.
adj. 3. of or pertaining to Bengal, Bengali, or its speakers.
Noun | 1. | Bengali - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971 |
2. | Bengali - an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | |
3. | Bengali - a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal Magadhan - a subfamily of Indic languages | |
Adj. | 1. | Bengali - of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; 'Bengali hills' |
Bengali
[beŋˈgɔːlɪ]B.N (= person) → bengalímf (Ling) → bengalím
Bengali
[bɛnˈgɔːli bɛŋˈgɔːli]n (= language) → bengalim
Bengali
n(= language) → Bengalint; (= person) → Bengalem, → Bengalinf
Bengali
[bɛnˈgɔːlɪ]2.nb. (language) → bengalesem
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Subclass K - Indo-Iranian languages and literature
Subclass K - Indo-Iranian languages and literature
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Bangla, written in Bengali script
- 5Fiction
- 7Non-fiction
- 8Biographies
History of language and literature[edit]
- Bengali Literature (1871) by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- History of Bengali Language and Literature (1911) by Dinesh Chandra Sen
- History of Bengali Literature in the Nineteenth Century (1919) by Sushil Kumar De(transcription project)
- The History of the Bengali Language (1920) by Bijay Chandra Majumdar
- The Literature of Bengal (1895) by Romesh Chunder Dutt(transcription project)
- The Origin of the Bengali Script (1919) by Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay(transcription project)
- A Hundred Years of Bengali Press (1920) by Phanindra Nath Bose and Henry William Bunn Moreno(transcription project)
Grammar and syntax[edit]
- Bengali Prose Style 1800-1857 (1921) by Dinesh Chandra Sen(transcription project)
- Introduction to the Bengalee Language (1861) by Shyamacharan Sarkar(transcription project)
- Dialogues, Intended to Facilitate the Acquiring of the Bengalee Language (1801) by William Carey
- Grammar of the Bengali Language, literary and colloquial (1891) by John Beames(transcription project)
Poetry[edit]
Drama[edit]
- Princess Kalyani (1930) by Swarnakumari Ghosal(transcription project)
- Nil Durpan (1861) by Dinabandhu Mitra, translated by Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Fiction[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Svarnalata (1874) by Taraknath Gangopadhyay, translated (1906) by Dakshina Charan Roy(transcription project)
- The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Surendranath Tagore
- The Wreck (1921) by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by self (transcription project)
- Srikanta (Part 1) (1922) by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, translated by Kshitish Chandra Sen and Theodosia Thompson
- The Slave Girl of Agra (1909) by Romesh Chunder Dutt, adaptation of Madhavikankan
- An Unfinished Song (1914) by Swarnakumari Ghosal
- The Fatal Garland (2nd ed, 1915) by Swarnakumari Ghosal(transcription project)
Short stories[edit]
- Stories of Bengalee Life (1912) by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, tr. self and Miriam Singleton Knight
- Short Stories (Swarnakumari Ghosal) (1912) (transcription project)
Folklore[edit]
- Folk-tales of Bengal (1912) by Lal Behari Dey
- Bengali Household Tales (1912) by William McCulloch (transcription project)
- Bengal Fairy Tales (1920) by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt
- Tales of Bengal (1922) by Sita Chattopadhyay and Santa Chattopadhyay(transcription project)
- Popular Tales of Bengal (1905) by Kasindranath Bandyopadhyay(transcription project)
Religion[edit]
Non-fiction[edit]
- Glimpses of Bengal (1921) by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Surendranath Tagore(transcription project)
- Some Notes on Indian Artistic Anatomy (1914) by Abanindranath Tagore, translated by Sukumar Ray(transcription project)
- A descriptive catalogue of Bengali works (1855) by James Long(transcription project)
- A Supplementary Catalogue of Bengali printed books in the library of the British Museum (1910) by James Fuller Blumhardt(transcription project)
Cuisine[edit]
Learn Bengali Language
- Indian Cookery and Confectionery (1920) by Mrs I. R. Dey, translated by P. C. Dey (transcription project)
Biographies[edit]
- Ramtanu Lahiri, Brahman and Reformer - A History of the Renaissance in Bengal (1907) tr. of Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangasamaj (1904) of Sivanath Sastri by Roper Lethbridge(transcription project)
- Chaitanya's Life and Teachings (1922): translation of Chaitanya Charitamrita (1582) of Krishnadas Kaviraj by Jadunath Sarkar(transcription project)
Autobiographies[edit]
Bengali Language Phrases
- My Reminiscences (1917) by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Surendranath Tagore(transcription project)
- The Autobiography of Maharshi Devendranath Tagore (1914) translated by Satyendranath Tagore and Indira Devi Chaudhurani(transcription project)
See also[edit]
Bengali Language Phrases
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