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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 ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of ...
, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region *
Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an 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 most widely spoken o ...
, 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 speaker ...
*** Bengali (Unicode block), a block of Bengali characters in Unicode * Bengali, Nancowry, a village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 * Bengali, member of the ThunderCats * 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 ...
, Guinean centre-back *
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 ...
, ancient 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 Ho ...
,
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 River, river in northern Bangladesh *
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 Part ...
, Indian politician *
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 Ben ...
, 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 Sh ...
, 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 *
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 Be ...
, 18th-century Persian language author *
Mohamed Bengali Razak Mohammed Bengali (born 20 November 1988 in Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall popul ...
, Ivorian footballer *
Muhammad Salih Bengali Shaykh Muhammad Salih Bengali ( bn, মুহম্মদ সালেহ বাঙ্গালী, fa, ) was an 18th-century Islamic scholar and teacher from Bengal. He is mentioned in the works of Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi and Muhammad Ishaq ...
, 18th-century Islamic scholar *
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, ''Ki ...
, 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 i ...
, 16th-century Muslim scholar * Yusuf Bengali, 16th-century Sufi


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