بنية

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ن ي (b n y)
12 terms

Pronunciation

  • بِنْيَة (verbal noun or "edifice"): IPA(key): /bin.ja/
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  • بُنْيَة ("edifice"): IPA(key): /bun.ja/

Noun

بِنْيَة (binyaf

  1. verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)
Declension

Noun

بِنْيَة or بُنْيَة (binya or bunyaf (plural بِنًى (binan) or بُنًى (bunan))

  1. edifice
  2. structure of the body
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: بنیه

Etymology 2

Diminutive of بِنْت (bint, daughter) or اِبْنَة (ibna, daughter).

Pronunciation

Noun

بُنَيَّة (bunayyaf (dual بُنَيَّتَانِ (bunayyatāni), plural بُنَيَّات (bunayyāt))

  1. (endearing) little daughter
    أَبُنَيَّتِي تَشَجَّعِي وَلَا تَخَافِي
    ʔabunayyatī tašajjaʕī walā taḵāfī
    Be brave, my little daughter, and do not fear!
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

بُنِّيَّة (bunniyyaf

  1. feminine singular of بُنِّيّ (bunniyy)
References

Chadian Arabic

Root
ب ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بُنَيَّة (bunayya, little daughter).

Pronunciation

Noun

بنية (binēyef (plural بنات (banāt) or بنيات (binēyāt))

  1. girl, young lady
    Synonyms: بنت (bint), بت (bitt)
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎, N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين 24:28:
      وَ فِي الْبَكَانْ دَا، الْبِنَيَّةْ قَمَّتْ جَرَتْ الْبَيْت وَ أَوْرَتْ أَمَّهَا بِكُلَّ شَيّءْ الْكَانْ.
      Wa fi l-bakaan da, al-bineeye gammat jarat al-beet wa oorat ammaha be kulla cheyy al-kaan.
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