beng

See also: BEng, béng, bèng, bēng, běng, B.Eng., and B. Eng.

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • benk (Gheg)
  • plural: bengë

Etymology

From Gheg benk, from Bavarian Pienk ‘finch’.[1]

Noun

beng m (indefinite plural bengje, definite singular bengu, definite plural bengjet)

  1. golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
  2. (dialectal) necklace made of gold or precious stones
  3. (dialectal) mole (on the body)

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 21.

Mandarin

Romanization

beng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of béng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of běng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bèng.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Romani

Noun

beng m (plural benga)

  1. devil

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bank.

Noun

beng

  1. bank

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Verb

beng (old orthography beŋ, Sawndip forms 抦, 拼, 捠, 䅭, 𢪝)

  1. to pull on; to tug on
    Synonyms: nengh (dialectal), caj (dialectal)
  2. to lead (with the hand or a rope)
  3. to pull out; to pull up

Derived terms
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