banya

See also: bánya, banyà, and bǎnyā

English

Etymology

From Russian ба́ня f (bánja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːnjə/

Noun

a traditional Russian banya

banya (plural banyas)

1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and formerly also Alaska).
   • 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:

     The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.

Translations

a Russian steam bath

• Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam), абана (abana)
• Armenian: բաղնիք (hy) (baġnikʻ)
• Bashkir: мунса (munsa)
• Belarusian: ла́зня f (láznja), ба́ня f (bánja)
• Bulgarian: ба́ня (bg) f (bánja)
• Chuvash: мунча (munč̬a)
• Dutch: banja f
• Finnish: venäläinen sauna, banja (fi)
• French: bania (fr) f, banya (fr) f
• Georgian: აბანო (ka) (abano)
• German: Banja (de) f
• Italian: bania f
• Japanese: バニャ (banya)
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• Kalmyk: бань (banʹ)
• Korean: 바냐 (banya)
• Ossetian: абана (abana)
• Polish: bania (pl) f, łaźnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: banya m or f
• Russian: ба́ня (ru) f (bánja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бања f

  Roman: banja (sh) f

• Turkish: banya
• Udmurt: мунчо (munćo)
• Ukrainian: ла́зня (uk) f (láznja), ба́ня (uk) f (bánja)
• Yakut: баанньык (baannyık)

Anagrams

• bayan

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.ɲa]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.

Noun

banya f (plural banyes)

1. horn (animal’s head)

Derived terms

• banyut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

banya

Further reading

• “banya” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “banya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “banya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “banya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒɲɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧nya

Noun

banya (plural banyák)

1. hag, harridan, witch

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	banya	banyák
accusative	banyát	banyákat
dative	banyának	banyáknak
instrumental	banyával	banyákkal
causal-final	banyáért	banyákért
translative	banyává	banyákká
terminative	banyáig	banyákig
essive-formal	banyaként	banyákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	banyában	banyákban
superessive	banyán	banyákon
adessive	banyánál	banyáknál
illative	banyába	banyákba
sublative	banyára	banyákra
allative	banyához	banyákhoz
elative	banyából	banyákból
delative	banyáról	banyákról
ablative	banyától	banyáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	banyáé	banyáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	banyáéi	banyákéi

Possessive forms of banya
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	banyám	banyáim
2nd person sing.	banyád	banyáid
3rd person sing.	banyája	banyái
1st person plural	banyánk	banyáink
2nd person plural	banyátok	banyáitok
3rd person plural	banyájuk	banyáik

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Portuguese

Noun

1. banya (a Russian steam bath)