بنا

Arabic

Verb

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 1

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

Noun

بنا • (benâ)

1. building

Etymology 2

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

Inherited from , 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-).

Preposition

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

1. without, prepared without

Derived terms

• کے بِنا (ke binā)

Usage notes

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

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Template:R:Ox HI-EN
• Template:R:UR-HI-EN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press