Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

, a large region in South Asia *

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the ...

, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region *

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...

, the language they speak **

Bengali alphabet The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet ( bn, বাংলা বর্ণমালা, ''Bangla bôrṇômala'') is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to w ...

, the writing system **

Bengali–Assamese script The Bengali–Assamese script (or Eastern Nagari script) is a modern eastern Indic script that emerged from the Brahmi script. Gaudi script is considered the ancestor of the script. It is known as ''Bengali script'' among Bengali speakers ...

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Bengali (Unicode block) Bengali Unicode block contains characters for the Bengali, Assamese, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Daphla, Garo, Hallam, Khasi, Mizo, Munda, Naga, Riang, and Santali languages. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0981..U+09CD were a direct c ...

, a block of Bengali characters in Unicode

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Abdul Wahid Bengali ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Bengālī ( bn, আব্দুল ওয়াহেদ বাঙ্গালী; c. 1850—1905) was a 19th-century Muslim theologian, teacher and social reformer. He was one of the initiators of the Deobandi movement into Beng ...

, 19th-century theologian *

Ali Sher Bengali ʿAli Shīr al-Ḥanafī al-Bangālī ( ar, علي شير الحنفي البنغالي; d. 1570s), or simply Ali Sher Bengali ( bn, আলী শের বাঙ্গালী), was a 16th-century Bengali author, teacher and Sufi pir of the Shat ...

, 16th-century Sufi *

Athar Ali Bengali Athar Ali ( bn, আতহার আলী; 1891-1976) was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist, author, teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement, and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a '' ...

, politician and teacher * Bengali-Fodé Koita, Guinean footballer *

Bengali Keïta Bangaly Keita (born 1 May 1993) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from s ...

, Guinean centre-back *

Bengali Singh Bengali Singh ( hi, बंगाली सिंह) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party ...

, Indian politician *

Izzatullah Bengali Izzatullah Bengali ( bn, ইজ্জতুল্লাহ বাঙ্গালী, fa, ) was an 18th-century Bengali author who wrote in the Persian language. Biography Izzatullah Bengali was from Murshidabad, the erstwhile capital of the Ben ...

, 18th-century Persian language author *

Mohamed Bengali Razak Mohammed Bengali (born 20 November 1988 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Career Bengali began his career by R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. ...

, Ivorian footballer *

Shah Nuri Bengali Shāh Nūrī Bengālī ( bn, শাহ নূরী বাঙ্গালী, fa, ; died 1785), also known as Shāh Bahāʾ ad-Dīn, was an 18th-century Bengali Islamic scholar and author from Dhaka. He is best known for his magnum opus, ''Kibr ...

, 18th-century Sufi and author *

Usman Bengali Usman Bengali ( bn, ওসমান বাঙ্গালী, fa, ; d. 1570s) was a 16th-century Islamic scholar of Bengal. He is mostly associated for his great teaching in the town of Sambhal during the Mughal period. His name is mentioned in ...

, 16th-century Muslim scholar *

Yusuf Bengali Mufti Yūsuf Bangālī ( bn, ইঊসুফ বাঙ্গালী, fa, ) was a 16th-century Sufi pir of the Shattari order. He was a prominent teacher during the reign of the Farooqui dynasty and Mughal emperor Akbar. Background Yusuf origi ...

, 16th-century Sufi

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Bengali Market Bengali Market is among the oldest and most popular markets in New Delhi, India. The actual name of the market is Bangali Mal Market, but over the years it has come to be known as just Bengali Market, though it has nothing to do with the Indian ...

, a market in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Bengali, Nancowry Bengali is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conduct ...

, a village in

Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated f ...

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Bangali River The Bangali River ( bn, বাঙালি নদী) is one of the main rivers in the northern part of Bangladesh (commonly known as North Bengal). As of 2007, the river is in the news because of the possibility that it might merge with the Jam ...

, river in northern Bangladesh * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, a fictional cat-like humanoid alien character from '' ThunderCats''

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