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

Declension of bengālis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bengālis	bengāļi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	bengāli	bengāļus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bengāļa	bengāļu
dative (datīvs)	bengālim	bengāļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	bengāli	bengāļiem
locative (lokatīvs)	bengālī	bengāļos
vocative (vokatīvs)	bengāli	bengāļi

Related terms

• Bengālija
• bengāļu valoda

See also

• Bangladeša
• bangladešietis, bangladešiete