bengālis

See also: bengalis, Bengalis, and bengalís

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Bengali বাংলা (baṁla, “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

See also
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