ar·a·ka·nese \|arəkə|nēz, -ēs\noun (pluralarakanese) 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