بني

See also: بنی, بنى, ثني, ثنى, ث ن ي, ب ن ي, يني, نبي, and نبی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of بُنّ (bunn, “coffee”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun.nijj/

• Audio

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Adjective

بُنِّيّ • (bunniyy) (feminine بُنِّيَّة (bunniyya), masculine plural بُنِّيُّونَ (bunniyyūna), feminine plural بُنِّيَّات (bunniyyāt))

2. brown, coffee-colored

Declension

Declension of adjective بُنِّيّ (bunniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بُنِّي bunnī	الْبُنِّي al-bunnī	بُنِّيَّة bunniyya	الْبُنِّيَّة al-bunniyya
Nominative	بُنِّيٌّ bunniyyun	الْبُنِّيُّ al-bunniyyu	بُنِّيَّةٌ bunniyyatun	الْبُنِّيَّةُ al-bunniyyatu
Accusative	بُنِّيًّا bunniyyan	الْبُنِّيَّ al-bunniyya	بُنِّيَّةً bunniyyatan	الْبُنِّيَّةَ al-bunniyyata
Genitive	بُنِّيٍّ bunniyyin	الْبُنِّيِّ al-bunniyyi	بُنِّيَّةٍ bunniyyatin	الْبُنِّيَّةِ al-bunniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بُنِّيَّيْن bunniyyayn	الْبُنِّيَّيْن al-bunniyyayn	بُنِّيَّتَيْن bunniyyatayn	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْن al-bunniyyatayn
Nominative	بُنِّيَّانِ bunniyyāni	الْبُنِّيَّانِ al-bunniyyāni	بُنِّيَّتَانِ bunniyyatāni	الْبُنِّيَّتَانِ al-bunniyyatāni
Accusative	بُنِّيَّيْنِ bunniyyayni	الْبُنِّيَّيْنِ al-bunniyyayni	بُنِّيَّتَيْنِ bunniyyatayni	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْنِ al-bunniyyatayni
Genitive	بُنِّيَّيْنِ bunniyyayni	الْبُنِّيَّيْنِ al-bunniyyayni	بُنِّيَّتَيْنِ bunniyyatayni	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْنِ al-bunniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بُنِّيِّين bunniyyīn	الْبُنِّيِّين al-bunniyyīn	بُنِّيَّات bunniyyāt	الْبُنِّيَّات al-bunniyyāt
Nominative	بُنِّيُّونَ bunniyyūna	الْبُنِّيُّونَ al-bunniyyūna	بُنِّيَّاتٌ bunniyyātun	الْبُنِّيَّاتُ al-bunniyyātu
Accusative	بُنِّيِّينَ bunniyyīna	الْبُنِّيِّينَ al-bunniyyīna	بُنِّيَّاتٍ bunniyyātin	الْبُنِّيَّاتِ al-bunniyyāti
Genitive	بُنِّيِّينَ bunniyyīna	الْبُنِّيِّينَ al-bunniyyīna	بُنِّيَّاتٍ bunniyyātin	الْبُنِّيَّاتِ al-bunniyyāti

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)

أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)	رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy)	أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)	أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)	أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)	نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy)
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy)	أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

Etymology 2

Noun

بَنْي • (bany) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun بَنْي (bany)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنْي bany	الْبَنْي al-bany	بَنْي bany
Nominative	بَنْيٌ banyun	الْبَنْيُ al-banyu	بَنْيُ banyu
Accusative	بَنْيًا banyan	الْبَنْيَ al-banya	بَنْيَ banya
Genitive	بَنْيٍ banyin	الْبَنْيِ al-banyi	بَنْيِ banyi

Etymology 3

Verb

بُنِيَ • (buniya) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَنَى (banā)

Etymology 4

Diminutive of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيُّونَ (bunayyūna), feminine بُنَيَّة (bunayya))

2. (endearing) little son

Declension

Declension of noun بُنَيّ (bunayy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيّ bunayy	الْبُنَيّ al-bunayy	بُنَيّ bunayy
Nominative	بُنَيٌّ bunayyun	الْبُنَيُّ al-bunayyu	بُنَيُّ bunayyu
Accusative	بُنَيًّا bunayyan	الْبُنَيَّ al-bunayya	بُنَيَّ bunayya
Genitive	بُنَيٍّ bunayyin	الْبُنَيِّ al-bunayyi	بُنَيِّ bunayyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيَّيْن bunayyayn	الْبُنَيَّيْن al-bunayyayn	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Nominative	بُنَيَّانِ bunayyāni	الْبُنَيَّانِ al-bunayyāni	بُنَيَّا bunayyā
Accusative	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Genitive	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيِّين bunayyīn	الْبُنَيِّين al-bunayyīn	بُنَيِّي bunayyī
Nominative	بُنَيُّونَ bunayyūna	الْبُنَيُّونَ al-bunayyūna	بُنَيُّو bunayyū
Accusative	بُنَيِّينَ bunayyīna	الْبُنَيِّينَ al-bunayyīna	بُنَيِّي bunayyī
Genitive	بُنَيِّينَ bunayyīna	الْبُنَيِّينَ al-bunayyīna	بُنَيِّي bunayyī

Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيَّات (bunayyāt))

2. a little road branching off from a main road
   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 252 line 3:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 488 q:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[3], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 490 i:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[4], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 495 line 8:

Declension

Declension of noun بُنَيّ (bunayy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيّ bunayy	الْبُنَيّ al-bunayy	بُنَيّ bunayy
Nominative	بُنَيٌّ bunayyun	الْبُنَيُّ al-bunayyu	بُنَيُّ bunayyu
Accusative	بُنَيًّا bunayyan	الْبُنَيَّ al-bunayya	بُنَيَّ bunayya
Genitive	بُنَيٍّ bunayyin	الْبُنَيِّ al-bunayyi	بُنَيِّ bunayyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيَّيْن bunayyayn	الْبُنَيَّيْن al-bunayyayn	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Nominative	بُنَيَّانِ bunayyāni	الْبُنَيَّانِ al-bunayyāni	بُنَيَّا bunayyā
Accusative	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Genitive	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَيَّات bunayyāt	الْبُنَيَّات al-bunayyāt	بُنَيَّات bunayyāt
Nominative	بُنَيَّاتٌ bunayyātun	الْبُنَيَّاتُ al-bunayyātu	بُنَيَّاتُ bunayyātu
Accusative	بُنَيَّاتٍ bunayyātin	الْبُنَيَّاتِ al-bunayyāti	بُنَيَّاتِ bunayyāti
Genitive	بُنَيَّاتٍ bunayyātin	الْبُنَيَّاتِ al-bunayyāti	بُنَيَّاتِ bunayyāti

Etymology 5

With بِينِيت (bīnīt) ~ بِينِيث (bīnīṯ, “bonito”) from Aramaic בִּינִִיתָא / בִּנִִיתָא (binnīṯā) / ܒܝܼܢܝܵܬܵܐ (bīnyāṯā, “a certain kind of fish that was frequently eaten”), from Akkadian 𒁉𒉌𒀉 (bi-ni-it /⁠binītu⁠/)/ 𒁉𒉡𒌓 (bi-nu-ut /⁠binūtu⁠/, “construction, make-up; shape; creature, product, produce; natural product of animals, plants or stones; fish eggs, roe”) from the root found in Arabic as ب ن ي (b-n-y).

Noun

بِنِّيّ or بُنِّيّ • (binniyy or bunniyy) m

1. Labeobarbus bynni
   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[5], volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 886, line 3:

   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[6], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 494, line 20:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[7], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 128 line 17:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[8], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 130 p:

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[9], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 162, line 2:

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Declension

Declension of noun بِنِّيّ (binniyy)‎; بُنِّيّ (bunniyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِنِّي‎; بُنِّي binnī‎; bunnī	الْبِنِّي‎; الْبُنِّي al-binnī‎; al-bunnī	بِنِّي‎; بُنِّي binnī‎; bunnī
Nominative	بِنِّيٌّ‎; بُنِّيٌّ binniyyun‎; bunniyyun	الْبِنِّيُّ‎; الْبُنِّيُّ al-binniyyu‎; al-bunniyyu	بِنِّيُّ‎; بُنِّيُّ binniyyu‎; bunniyyu
Accusative	بِنِّيًّا‎; بُنِّيًّا binniyyan‎; bunniyyan	الْبِنِّيَّ‎; الْبُنِّيَّ al-binniyya‎; al-bunniyya	بِنِّيَّ‎; بُنِّيَّ binniyya‎; bunniyya
Genitive	بِنِّيٍّ‎; بُنِّيٍّ binniyyin‎; bunniyyin	الْبِنِّيِّ‎; الْبُنِّيِّ al-binniyyi‎; al-bunniyyi	بِنِّيِّ‎; بُنِّيِّ binniyyi‎; bunniyyi

Derived terms

• بُنّ (bunn, “brine, pickling-solution”)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Labeobarbus bynni, Barbus bynni, obsolete Cyprinus bynni

References

• “bynytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بني”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[10] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 116b
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 122
• Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎^[11] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 194
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[12], London: Williams & Norgate, page 258b
• Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1805) Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, editor, Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-Länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten‎^[13], volume 3, Berlin: G. Reimer, published 1855, page 123
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 203
• Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[14] (in German), volume 61, pages 633–640

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُنِّيّ (bunniyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bin.ni/, [ˈbɪn.ni]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Adjective

بنّي • (binni) (feminine بنّيّة (binniyye))

1. brown

See also

• بن (binn, “coffee beans”)

Colors · الألوان (il-ʔalwān)
أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”)	أسود (ʔaswad, “black”)
أحمر (ʔaḥmar, “red”), خمري (ḵamri, “crimson”)	رمادي (ramādi, “grey”), سكني (sakani, “grey”)
بردقاني (burdʔāni, “orange”), بني (binni, “brown”)	أصفر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)
أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)	أزرق (ʔazraʔ, “blue”), كحلي (kuḥli, “navy”)
بنفسجي (banafsaji, “violet”), نهدي (nahdi, “purple”)	زهري (zahri, “pink”), ليلكي (lēlaki, “lilac”)