bengālis

See also: bengalis, Bengalis, and bengalís

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).

Noun

bengālis m (2nd declension, feminine form: bengāliete)

  1. Bengali (a man born in the region of Bengal, a member of the Bengali people)
  2. (genitive plural): Bengali; pertaining to Bengal or to the Bengali people
    bengāļu valoda ― the Bengali language
    bengāļu literatūra ― the Bengali litarature
    bengāļu kaķis ― Bengali cat
    bengāļu ģimene ― a Bengali family

Declension

See also

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