Where does “Bengali” come from?
Bengali comes from Hindi बंगाली, derived from Sanskrit -इन् and -इक suffixes attached to a Proto-Indo-European root -iHnos and -no-.
Bengali (English): Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis;...
Definitions
- Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis;...
Ancestry of “Bengali”, step by step