|arəkə|nēz, -ēs noun
( plural arakanese )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Arakan, division of Lower Burma + English -ese
1.
a. : a Burmese people of the western Arakan coastlands of Burma who have been strongly influenced by contact with Muslim culture in India
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Arakanese