بناء

Arabic

Root
ب ن ي‎ (b-n-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.naːʔ/

Noun

بِنَاء • (bināʔ) m (dual بِنَاءَانِ‎ (bināʔāni), plural أَبْنِيَة‎ (ʔabniya))

  1. verbal noun of بَنَى‎ (banā) (form I)
  2. (uncountable) building, construction (act of)
  3. (countable) structure (of an organism, etc.)
  4. (countable) building, structure (edifice)
  5. (countable) a tent for residing in the desert[1]
    1. canopy, roof, ceiling
      Synonym: سَقْف‎ (saqf)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:22:
        ‏ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَّٱلسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَّأَنْزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ […]‎
        llaḏī jaʕala lakumu l-ʔarḍa firāšan wwas-samāʔa bināʔan wwaʔanzala mina s-samāʔi māʔan faʔaḵraja bihi mina ṯ-ṯamarāti rizqan llakum […]
        He Who for you made the land a bed and the firmament a canopy, and sent down rain from the sky. With it then He brought forth of the fruits as sustenance for you; […]
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: bini
  • → Azerbaijani: bina
  • → Chagatai: بِنا‎
  • → Bashkir: бина (bina)
  • → Crimean Tatar: bina
  • → Kazakh: бейне (beine)
  • → Kumyk: бина (bina)
  • → Malay: bina
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بنا‎ (binâ)
  • → Persian: بنا‎ (benâ)
  • → Tajik: бино (bino)
  • → Tatar: бина (bina)
  • → Turkmen: bina
  • → Urdu: بنا‎ (binā)
References
  1. Lane, Edward William (1863), “بناء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.naː.ʔan/

Noun

بِنَاءً • (bināʔan)

  1. indefinite accusative singular of بِنَاء (bināʔ)
  2. adverbial accusative of بِنَاء (bināʔ)
Descendants

Etymology 3

Occupational noun from the verb بَنَى‎ (banā, “to build”).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

بَنَّاء • (bannāʔ) m (dual بَنَّاءَانِ‎ (bannāʔāni), plural بَنَّاؤُون‎ (bannāʔūn), feminine بَنَّاءَة‎ (bannāʔa))

  1. builder
  2. architect
Declension
Descendants
  • → Armenian: բաննա (banna), բաննահ (bannah), բնա (bna), բընայ (bənay), պնահ (pnah)
  • → Azerbaijani: bənna
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بنا‎ (bennâ)
  • → Persian: بنا‎ (bannâ)
  • → Portuguese: alvenel
  • → Spanish: albañil
  • → Urdu: بنا‎ (bannā)

Adjective

بَنَّاء • (bannāʔ) (feminine بَنَّاءَة‎ (bannāʔa), masculine plural بَنَّاؤُون‎ (bannāʔūn), feminine plural بَنَّاءَات‎ (bannāʔāt))

  1. constructive
Declension

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاءً‎ (bināʔan), adverbial accusative of بِنَاء‎ (bināʔ).

Adverb

بناءً • (binâʾen)

  1. (conjunctive) consequently, in consequence of (what precedes)
  • بناءً علی ذٰلك‎ (binâʾen ʿalâ ẕâlik)
  • بناءً علیه‎ (binâʾen ʿaleyh)
  • بنا‎ (binâ)

(from the same Arabic root):

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاءً‎ (bināʔan), adverbial accusative of بِنَاء‎ (bināʔ). By surface analysis, بنا‎ (benâ) +‎ ـاً‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /binɔʔan/

Adverb

Dari بناء
Iranian Persian
Tajik биноан (binoan)

بناءً • (benâ'an)

  1. Only used in بناءً علی هٰذا‎ (benâ'an 'alâ hâzâ)

(from the same Arabic root):

References

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