بان

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See also: پان, ثان, يان, and یان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ي ن (b-y-n)

Verb

بَانَ (bāna) I, non-past يَبِينُ‎ (yabīnu)

  1. to separate, to become distinct, to sunder
  2. to be or become evident, to come out, to be or become clearly visible by way of separation
Conjugation

Verb

بَانَ (bāna) I, non-past يَبِينُ‎ (yabīnu)

  1. (intransitive, construed with مِن (min)) to part, to become separated (from)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ب ن ي (b-n-y)

Derived from the active participle of بَنَى (banā, to build, to erect, to construct).

Noun

بَانٍ (bāninm (construct state بَانِي (bānī), dual بَانِيَانِ (bāniyāni), plural بَانُونَ (bānūna) or بُنَاة (bunāh), feminine بَانِيَة (bāniya))

  1. builder
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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From ب و ن (b-w-n), as also بَنَان (banān, finger), a reference to the fruit or branch shape, known for their elegance in Arabic poetry.

Noun

بَان (bānm (collective, singulative بَانَة f (bāna))

  1. ben tree, horseradish tree (the Moringa oleifera of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben)
    • a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات , Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, page 249:
      بان شجرة معروفة لها ثمرة حبّها أكبر من الحمص مائل إلى البياض طيب الرائحة وله لبّ دهني قال الشيخ الرئيس إنه ينفع من البرص والكلف والبهق وآثار القروح وينفع من الثآليل أيضا في المراهم وطبخه ينفع من وجع الأسنان مضمضة وقال غيره ينفع من الجرب ويقطع الرعاف.
      The ben is a well-known tree with a fruit the grains of which are larger than chickpeas with a tendency towards white and a nice smell and an oily pulp about which Šayḵ ar-Raʾīs says that it helps against leprosy and melasmata and vitiligo and traces of ulcers and it helps against warts, too, and the salves and decocts applied by bandage are useful against toothache, and another author said it relives scabies and staunches nosebleed.
  2. Egyptian willow (Salix aegyptiaca L.)
Declension
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Etymology 4

From Ottoman Turkish بان (ban), from Proto-Slavic *banъ.

Noun

بَان (bānm

  1. ban, a title in the Southeastern Europe
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *banъ.

Noun

بان (ban)

  1. ban (title)
Descendants
  • Turkish: ban
  • Arabic: بَان (bān)

Etymology 2

From Persian بان (bân).

Noun

بان (-ban)

  1. (in compounds) keeper, tender, ward

Etymology 3

From Arabic بَان (bān).

Noun

بان (ban)

  1. ben tree, horseradish tree (the Moringa oleifera of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben)
  2. Egyptian willow (Salix aegyptiaca L.)
Descendants

Etymology 4

From earlier باك, باڭ (bañ), from Persian بنگ (bang, henbane).

Noun

بان (ban)

  1. henbane (Hyoscyamus gen. et spp.)
Descendants

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bān
Dari reading? bān
Iranian reading? bân
Tajik reading? bon

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (-pʾn' /⁠-bān⁠/, -keeper, -guard), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect). Related to پاییدن (pâyidan). Also compare Old Armenian -պան (-pan).

Noun

بان (bân)

  1. prince, lord, governor, chief

Suffix

Dari بان
Iranian Persian
Tajik -бон

بان (-bân)

  1. keeper, guardian

See also

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to clothe, wear, put on). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhana), 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhāna, cover).

Alternative forms

Noun

بان (bân)

  1. roof
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit बाण (bāṇa).

Noun

بان (bân)

  1. (obsolete) arrow
    Synonym: تیر (tir)

Etymology 4

Noun

بان (bân)

  1. Alternative form of بانگ (bâng, voice)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 349
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 521

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ي ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَانَ (bāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːn/,
  • (file)

Verb

بان (bān) I (present ببان (bibān))

  1. to appear (mainly used in proverbs)
    Synonym: بيّن (bayyan)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بان (bān)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بنت (bint) بنت (bint) بان (bān) بننا (binna) بنتو (bintu) بانو (bānu)
f بنتي (binti) بانت (bānat)
present m ببان (babān) بتبان (bitbān) ببان (bibān) منبان (minbān) بتبانو (bitbānu) ببانو (bibānu)
f بتباني (bitbāni) بتبان (bitbān)
subjunctive m ابان (abān) تبان (tbān) يبان (ybān) نبان (nbān) تبانو (tbānu) يبانو (ybānu)
f تباني (tbāni) تبان (tbān)
imperative m بان (bān) بانو (bānu)
f باني (bāni)

See also

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit वापन (vāpana, sowing).

Noun

بان (bān)

  1. meadow, pasture