bengālis

== 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, female equivalent bengāliete) Bengali (a man born in the region of Bengal, a member of the Bengali people) (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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bengālija bengāļu valoda ==== See also ==== Bangladeša bangladešietis, bangladešiete