بنا

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Arabic

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Verb

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بِنَّا (binnā) (form I) /bin.naː/

  1. first-person plural past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Noun

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بنا (binâ)

  1. building
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: bina
  • Laz: ბინა (bina)
  • Romanian: bina

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Noun

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بنا (bennâ)

  1. bricklayer
Descendants
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, building).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? binā
Dari reading? binā
Iranian reading? benâ
Tajik reading? bino

Noun

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Dari بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik бино

بنا (benâ)

  1. building
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, builder).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bannā
Dari reading? bannā
Iranian reading? bannâ
Tajik reading? banno

Noun

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Dari بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik банно

بنا (bannâ)

  1. bricklayer

References

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀸 (viṇā), from Sanskrit विना (vínā). Doublet of وِنَا (vinā), a tatsama. Cognate with Punjabi ਬਿਨ (bin) / بِن (bin), Mewari वना (vanā) Kachchi વિણ- (viṇa-), Marathi बिन- (bin-).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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بِنا (binā) (Hindi spelling बिना) (postposition and preposition)

  1. without, prepared without
Usage notes
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  • بِنا (binā) is one of the few Urdu prepositions.
Derived terms
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References

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  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بِنا (binā), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بِنا (bināf (Hindi spelling बिना)

  1. building, structure, edifice; foundation, basis, base; ground, footing, motive; root, source, origin; beginning, commencement
Derived terms
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References

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  • بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنّا, from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَنّا (bannām (Hindi spelling बन्ना)

  1. mason, builder

References

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  • بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.