Bengali
noun
Ben·gali
ben-ˈgȯ-lē 
beŋ-,
-ˈgä-
1
: a native or resident of Bengal
2
: the modern Indo-Aryan language of Bengal
Bengali
adjective
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There were boy and girl elves there, Bengali and Arab and Polish and Black elves among them, a group as varied as the line outside.
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John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
Spector’s script is painstakingly scored here, with the increasingly incendiary comments thread, displayed above the actors in projections by David Bengali, running alongside the committee members’ dialogue with second-to-second precision.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The projects represent a linguistic mosaic, including Hindi, English, Assamese, Tamil, Marwari, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Pahadi, and Cantonese, demonstrating the market’s growing international appeal.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
The couple even arranged for special The Macallan cocktails, a speakeasy room, and a dessert installation that featured a mix of Bengali and Jewish sweets by Sophie Dalah.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
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John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
Spector’s script is painstakingly scored here, with the increasingly incendiary comments thread, displayed above the actors in projections by David Bengali, running alongside the committee members’ dialogue with second-to-second precision.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The projects represent a linguistic mosaic, including Hindi, English, Assamese, Tamil, Marwari, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Pahadi, and Cantonese, demonstrating the market’s growing international appeal.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
The couple even arranged for special The Macallan cocktails, a speakeasy room, and a dessert installation that featured a mix of Bengali and Jewish sweets by Sophie Dalah.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Bengali.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bengali. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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Bengali
noun
Ben·gali
ben-ˈgȯ-lē
beŋ-
1
: a person born or living in Bengal
2
: the language of Bengal
Bengali
adjective
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