Words similar to bengali

Example sentences for: bengali

How can you use “bengali” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Further north, the British gradually gained the upper hand over their rivals, now including the French, for the Bengali trade that was to create Calcutta.
By the 19th century, reformers such as the Bengali Brahman Ram Mohan Roy tried to rid Hinduism of primitive idolatry.
Singer argues that all sentient creatures are equally valuable and that you should donate your income until you're as impoverished as a Bengali refugee, but he lives in comfort.
Nehru got his Independence and Jinnah his Partition — a Pakistan whose eastern Bengali portion was to break away 24 years later to become Bangladesh.
Dhoni or doni `fishing or coastal trading vessel,' for example, may have entered English from Hindi, Marathi, Kanarese (or Canarese), or Telugu; dinghy `small boat' from Hindi or Bengali; kathiawari `breed of horses' from Hindi or Gujurati; khuskhus `aromatic grass, vetiver' from Hindi or Persian; kirpan `Sikh dagger' from Hindi or Punjabi; and nagkasser or nagkesar `tree'.