# beng
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* benk — Gheg
* plural: bengë

### Etymology

From Gheg benk, from Bavarian Pienk (“finch”).

### Noun

beng m (plural bengje, definite bengu, definite plural bengjet)
* golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    Synonym: afçë
* (dialectal) necklace made of gold or precious stones
* (dialectal) mole (on the body)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “beng”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

## Angloromani
### Alternative forms

* bang, benga, bengla, bing

### Etymology

Inherited from Romani beng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [beŋɡ], [bɛŋ], [ˈbeŋɡ], [beŋ]

### Noun

beng
* (theology) devil
    Synonym: buri bangel

### Adjective

beng
* bad, evil

### Derived terms

* abeng
* bangel
* bengelo
* bengesko
* bengesto
* bengratem
* pani-beng

### References

* ↑ “beng”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 43
* ↑ “beng”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 11
* ↑ “beng”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on November 23, 2021, page 50

## Garo
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

beng
* frog

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan

## Kalo Finnish Romani
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

beng m
* (theology) devil, the Evil One
    Synonyms: bengeskiiro, ilakoon

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

beng m
* penny

### References

* “beng” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

beng
* Nonstandard spelling of bēng.
* Nonstandard spelling of béng.
* Nonstandard spelling of běng.
* Nonstandard spelling of bèng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* 𐴁𐴠𐴚 (beng) — Hanifi Rohingya script

### Noun

beng (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴠𐴚)
* frog

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यङ्ग (vyaṅga, “spotted; frog”).

### Noun

beng m (accusative benges, nominative plural benga, accusative plural bengen)
* (theology) devil

#### Descendants

* Angloromani: beng, bang, benga, bengla, bing
* → Czech: bengo
* → Romanian: benga

### References

* 1 2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vyàṅga2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 704
* 1 2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “beng”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 24b
* 1 2 Milena Hübschmannová (2003 June) “Beng (Devil)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎, Prague, Czech Republic, archived from the original on 19 August 2021
* ↑ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o beng, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 78b
* ↑ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “beng, ～a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146b

## Sinte Romani
### Alternative forms

* benk

### Noun

beng m
* (theology) devil
    Synonyms: džungelo, fusuj
* dragon
* thief

### References

* “beng” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English bank.

### Noun

beng
* bank

## Welsh Romani
### Alternative forms

* bong, bonk

### Noun

beng m
* (theology) devil
    Synonym: basaviben

#### Derived terms

* bengales
* bengalo
* bengeskeri
* bengeskero
* bengesko
* bengiben

### References

* “beng” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Zhuang
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /peːŋ˨˦/
* Tone numbers: beng$^1$
* Hyphenation: beng

### Verb

beng (Sawndip forms 抦 or 拼 or 捠 or 䅭 or 𢪝, 1957–1982 spelling beŋ)
* to pull on; to tug on
    Synonyms: (dialectal) nengh, (dialectal) caj
* to lead (with the hand or a rope)
* to pull out; to pull up

#### Derived terms

* bengcag