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Bengalism

/bɛŋˈɡɔːlɪzəm/

Bengalism noun: a word or idiom of the Bengali language used in another language, especially for literary effect.

Noun

Bengalism (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or idiom of the Bengali language used in another language, especially for literary effect.
  2. The style, spirit or other characteristics of Bengali arts and culture, or an imitation of that style.

Forms of Bengalism

pluralBengalisms

Origin of Bengalism

From Bengal + -ism.

Questions about Bengalism

What does Bengalism mean?
Bengalism means a word or idiom of the Bengali language used in another language, especially for literary effect.
What part of speech is Bengalism?
Bengalism is a noun.
How do you pronounce Bengalism?
Bengalism is pronounced /bɛŋˈɡɔːlɪzəm/.
What is the plural of Bengalism?
The plural of Bengalism is Bengalisms.

Words near Bengalism in the dictionary

  1. bengaline
  2. bengalines
  3. Bengaliness
  4. Bengalis
  5. Bengalisation
  6. Bengalism
  7. Bengalisms
  8. Bengalize
  9. Bengalized
  10. Bengalizes
  11. Bengalizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bengalism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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