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).

Pronunciation

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

Declension of bengālis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative bengālis bengāļi
genitive bengāļa bengāļu
dative bengālim bengāļiem
accusative bengāli bengāļus
instrumental bengāli bengāļiem
locative bengālī bengāļos
vocative bengāli bengāļi

See also

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