بن

See also: ثن, تن, پ.ن, ین, and ين

Arabic

Etymology 1

Base form of اِبْن (ibn). From Proto-Semitic *bin-. Compare Hebrew בֵּן.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibn/

Noun

بِن • (bin) m

1. Alternative spelling of اِبْن (ibn)

Declension

Declension of noun بِن (bin)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	بِن bin
Nominative	—	—	بِنُ binu
Accusative	—	—	بِنَ bina
Genitive	—	—	بِنِ bini

Usage notes

Used after another noun (which necessarily ends in a vowel if case endings are preserved).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bunn/

Noun

بُنّ • (bunn) m (plural أَبْنَان (ʔabnān)) (usually uncountable)

1. coffee beans, coffee
2. coffee tree
3. (obsolete) a fine strong fragrance

Declension

Declension of noun بُنّ (bunn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنّ bunn	الْبُنّ al-bunn	بُنّ bunn
Nominative	بُنٌّ bunnun	الْبُنُّ al-bunnu	بُنُّ bunnu
Accusative	بُنًّا bunnan	الْبُنَّ al-bunna	بُنَّ bunna
Genitive	بُنٍّ bunnin	الْبُنِّ al-bunni	بُنِّ bunni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنَّيْن bunnayn	الْبُنَّيْن al-bunnayn	بُنَّيْ bunnay
Nominative	بُنَّانِ bunnāni	الْبُنَّانِ al-bunnāni	بُنَّا bunnā
Accusative	بُنَّيْنِ bunnayni	الْبُنَّيْنِ al-bunnayni	بُنَّيْ bunnay
Genitive	بُنَّيْنِ bunnayni	الْبُنَّيْنِ al-bunnayni	بُنَّيْ bunnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْنَان ʔabnān	الْأَبْنَان al-ʔabnān	أَبْنَان ʔabnān
Nominative	أَبْنَانٌ ʔabnānun	الْأَبْنَانُ al-ʔabnānu	أَبْنَانُ ʔabnānu
Accusative	أَبْنَانًا ʔabnānan	الْأَبْنَانَ al-ʔabnāna	أَبْنَانَ ʔabnāna
Genitive	أَبْنَانٍ ʔabnānin	الْأَبْنَانِ al-ʔabnāni	أَبْنَانِ ʔabnāni

Related terms

• بُنِّيّ (bunniyy)

See also

• قَهْوَة (qahwa)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બૂંદ (bū̃d)
• ‌ → Ottoman Turkish: بن
• → Swahili: buni

Etymology 3

Back-formation from بُنِّيّ (bunniyy, “Labeobarbus bynni”), a well-eaten fish of the highest frequency in the Nile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bunn/

Noun

بُنّ • (bunn) m

1. (obsolete) brine, pickling-solution, a fish-dish from the salt water in which for example Labeobarbus bynni has been preserved.

Declension

Declension of noun بُنّ (bunn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنّ bunn	الْبُنّ al-bunn	بُنّ bunn
Nominative	بُنٌّ bunnun	الْبُنُّ al-bunnu	بُنُّ bunnu
Accusative	بُنًّا bunnan	الْبُنَّ al-bunna	بُنَّ bunna
Genitive	بُنٍّ bunnin	الْبُنِّ al-bunni	بُنِّ bunni

See also

• مُرِّيّ (murriyy)
• صِير (ṣīr)
• أُجَاج (ʔujāj)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 116
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 158b
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 258a–b
• Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[4] (in German), volume 61, page 638

Etymology 4

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /bin/

Verb

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَانَ (bāna)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /bin.na/

Verb

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of بَانَ (bāna)
2. third-person feminine plural past active of بَانَ (bāna)

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Kalami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ban]

Adjective

بن (ban) m

1. closed

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

بن • (ben)

1. I

Declension

declension of بن

	singular (مفرد)	plural (جمع)
nominative	بن (ben)	بز (biz)
genitive	بنم (benim)	بزم (bizim)
dative	بڭا (baña)	بزه (bize)
definite accusative	بنی (beni)	بزی (bizi)
locative	بنده (bende)	بزده (bizde)
ablative	بندن (benden)	بزدن (bizden)

Descendants

• Turkish: ben

Etymology 2

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn, “son”)

Noun

بن • (bin) (plural بنی)

1. son

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 277
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 390

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Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH (“co-wife”). Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (hapaθnī) and Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapatnī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bən/

Noun

بن • (bën) f

1. co-wife

Declension

declension of بن

	singular		plural
direct	بن (bën)		بنې (bëne)
oblique	بنې (bëne)		بنو (bëno)
vocative	بنې (bëne)		بنو (bëno)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰno- (“bottom”), from *bʰudʰmḗn.

Noun

بن • (bon)

1. bottom
2. foundation
3. root

Derived terms

• بنگاه (bongâh)

Etymology 2

From late Middle Persian bwn' (/⁠bun⁠/), from earlier wn' (/⁠wan⁠/, “tree; stock, stem”) (> ون (van)).

Noun

بن • (bon)

1. bush
2. tree

Derived terms

• گلبن (golbon)
• خاربن (xârbon)
• سروبن (sarvbon)

Etymology 3

From Arabic بِن (“son”).

Noun

بن • (ben)

1. bin (in Arabic names)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

بن • (Ben)

1. Ben (city)

Etymology 5

Proper noun

بن • (Bon)

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)