bengi

See also: Bengî

Japanese

Romanization

bengi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べんぎ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi. Compare Bikol Central banggi, Southern Catanduanes Bicolano banggi, and Javanese ꦮꦼꦔꦶ (wengi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeŋi/ [ˈbɛː.ŋi]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ngi

Noun

béngi

  1. evening; night

Derived terms

  • bengi-bengi
  • kebengian
  • mabengi
  • magpabengi
  • nabengi

Lindu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi.

Noun

bengi

  1. evening; night

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • bengü

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇 (beŋgü, “eternal; monument”). Cognate with Bashkir мәңге (məñge), Kyrgyz маңги (maŋgi), Uzbek mangu, Uyghur مەڭگۈ (menggü), Kazakh мәңгі (mäñgı), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɲɟi/

Adjective

bengi (neologism)

  1. eternal, perpetual
    Synonym: ebedi

Adverb

bengi

  1. eternally, forever
Derived terms
Further reading
  • “bengi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بنكی (bengi) from Classical Persian بنگی, compound of بنگ (bang) +‎ ـی (i).

Noun

bengi (definite accusative bengiyi, plural bengiler)

  1. (archaic) a habitual user of marijuana, cannabis
    Synonyms: esrarkeş, haşşaş, keş
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