بنا

Arabic

Verb

بِنَّا • (binnā) (form I)

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

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Noun

بنا • (bina)

1. building

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Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

بنا • (benâ)

1. building

Etymology

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

Noun

بنا • (bannâ)

1. bricklayer

References

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

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit विना (vinā).

Preposition

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

1. without, prepared without

Usage notes

• بنا is one of the few Urdu prepositions.

References

• 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.