بانی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَانٍ (bānin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	bānī
Dari reading?	bānī
Iranian reading?	bâni
Tajik reading?	bonī

Noun

بانی • (bâni)

1. founder, instituter

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بانی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim