بینی

See also: بيني‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beyŋi (“brain”); cognate with Azerbaijani beyin, Kazakh ми (mi, “brain”), Kyrgyz мээ (mee, “brain”), Tatar ми (mi, “brain”), Turkmen beýni, Uyghur مىڭە‎ (mi'nge, “brain”), Uzbek miya (“brain”) and Yakut мэйии (meyii, “brain”).

Alternative forms

• بین‎ (beyn)

Noun

بینی • (beyni)

1. brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system

   Synonyms: دماغ‎ (demağ), مخ‎ (muh), مغز‎ (mağz)

2. (by extension) mind, understanding, intellect

Descendants

• Turkish: beyin
• → Armenian: բեյին (beyin), բեյն (beyn)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “beyin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 573
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Cerebrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 170
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “beyin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian بینی‎ (bini, “nose”).

Noun

بینی • (bini)

1. nose, a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils

   Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)

2. tip, the extreme end of something, especially when pointed

   Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)

3. headland, cape, promontory, any projecting piece of land

   Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)

Descendants

• Turkish: bini

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bini3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 615
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Nasus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1117
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪‎ (wēnīg).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /biːniː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /biːniː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /biːniː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /biniː/

Noun

Dari	بینی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бинӣ (binī)

بینی • (bini)

1. nose

Synonyms

• دماغ‎ (damâğ)