Bengalic

/bɛŋˈɡɑːlɪk/ adjective

Definition

Of or relating to Bengal or the Bengali language; characteristic of Bengal or its people.

Etymology

Another variant form meaning essentially the same as Bengalese, formed from Bengal plus the -ic suffix. This is a less common variant in modern English.

Kelly Says

Bengalic and Bengalese are basically the same word with different endings, showing how English inherited multiple suffix options from different languages—Germanic -ic versus Romance -ese—and sometimes both stuck around even though we didn't need both.

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