بنا

Arabic

Verb

بِنَّا • (binnā) (form I) /bin.naː/

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Noun

بنا • (binâ)

1. building

Related terms

• بناءً (binâʾen)

Descendants

• Turkish: bina
• → Laz: ბინა (bina)
• → Romanian: bina

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Noun

بنا • (bennâ)

1. bricklayer

Descendants

• Turkish: benna

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bi.ˈnaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.nɔ́]

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

Noun

Dari	بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бино

بنا • (binā / benâ) (Tajik spelling бино)

1. building

Related terms

• بناءً (benâ'an)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, “builder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ban.ˈnaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bän.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæn.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bän.nɔ́]

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

Noun

Dari	بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	банно

بنا • (bannā / bannâ) (Tajik spelling банно)

1. bricklayer

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman. New Persian-English dictionary. [Teheran, Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim] 1934-1936.

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪ.nɑː/

Preposition

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

1. without, prepared without

   بنا گوشت کا کھانا ― Food without meat

   انسان پانی کے بنا جی نہیں سکتے

   Humans can't live without water

   راج۔۔۔ میں تمہارے بنا جینا نہیں چاہتی

   Raj... I don't want to live without you

Usage notes

• بِنا (binā) is one of the few Urdu prepositions.

Derived terms

• کے بِنا (ke binā)

References

• 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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪ.nɑː/

Noun

بِنا • (binā) f (Hindi spelling बिना)

1. basis, foundation

   Synonym: بُنیاد (bunyād)

Derived terms

• بنا بر
• بنا برین
• بنا ڈالنا

References

• “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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bən.nɑː/

Noun

بَنّا • (bannā) m (Hindi spelling बन्ना)

1. mason, builder

References

• “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.