بنت

See also: ثنت‎

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bent/

Noun

بنت (bent) f (plural بنات‎ (bnāt))

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bint-. Has the Semitic feminine suffix *-at- added to the root *bin- of اِبْن‎ (ibn, “son”).

Cognate with Hebrew בת‎ (bat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bint/

Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (dual بِنْتَانِ‎ (bintāni), plural بَنَات‎ (banāt), masculine اِبْن‎ (ibn))

female equivalent of اِبْن‎ (ibn, “son, descendant”):
1. daughter
2. female descendant
(colloquial) girl

Declension

Declension of noun بِنْت (bint)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِنْت bint	الْبِنْت‎ al-bint	بِنْت bint
Nominative	بِنْتٌ bintun	الْبِنْتُ‎ al-bintu	بِنْتُ bintu
Accusative	بِنْتًا‎ bintan	الْبِنْتَ‎ al-binta	بِنْتَ binta
Genitive	بِنْتٍ bintin	الْبِنْتِ‎ al-binti	بِنْتِ binti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِنْتَيْن‎ bintayn	الْبِنْتَيْن‎ al-bintayn	بِنْتَيْ‎ bintay
Nominative	بِنْتَانِ‎ bintāni	الْبِنْتَانِ‎ al-bintāni	بِنْتَا‎ bintā
Accusative	بِنْتَيْنِ‎ bintayni	الْبِنْتَيْنِ‎ al-bintayni	بِنْتَيْ‎ bintay
Genitive	بِنْتَيْنِ‎ bintayni	الْبِنْتَيْنِ‎ al-bintayni	بِنْتَيْ‎ bintay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنَات‎ banāt	الْبَنَات‎ al-banāt	بَنَات‎ banāt
Nominative	بَنَاتٌ‎ banātun	الْبَنَاتُ‎ al-banātu	بَنَاتُ‎ banātu
Accusative	بَنَاتٍ‎ banātin	الْبَنَاتِ‎ al-banāti	بَنَاتِ‎ banāti
Genitive	بَنَاتٍ‎ banātin	الْبَنَاتِ‎ al-banāti	بَنَاتِ‎ banāti

Alternative forms

اِبْنَة‎ (ibna)
اِبْنَت‎ (ibnat) – obsolete
مِنْت‎ (mint) – Mauritania

Descendants

Maltese: bint
→ English: bint
→ Swahili: binti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “بن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /bin.tu/

Verb

بِنْتُ • (bintu) (form I)

first-person singular past active of بَانَ‎ (bāna)

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /bin.ta/

Verb

بِنْتَ • (binta) (form I)

second-person masculine singular past active of بَانَ‎ (bāna)

Pronunciation 3

IPA^(key): /bin.ti/

Verb

بِنْتِ • (binti) (form I)

second-person feminine singular past active of بَانَ‎ (bāna)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.nat/

Verb

بَنَتْ • (banat) (form I)

third-person feminine singular past active of بَنَى‎ (banā)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ن ت‎
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bint/
Audio (file)
Audio (file)

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات‎ (bnāt), diminutive بنية‎ (bniyya) or بنوتة‎ (bannūta))

daughter
Synonym: درية‎ (darriyya)

Coordinate terms: بن‎ (ben), ولد‎ (wald)
girl (female child)
Synonym: درية‎ (darriyya)

Coordinate term: ولد‎ (wald)
young woman

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات‎ (banāt))

daughter
girl (female child)
a female teenager or young woman, chiefly unmarried
Synonym: صبيه‎ (ṣabīye)

Usage notes

See ولاد‎ (wlād), شب‎ (šabb), and صبيه‎ (ṣabīye) for relevant notes.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bint/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɪnt/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bent/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /bint/

Noun

Iranian Persian	بنت
Dari	بنت
Tajik	бинт (bint)

بنت • (bent)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ن ت‎

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bint/, [bɪnt]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات‎ (banāt), masculine ابن‎ (ʔibn))

daughter
girl
Synonym: فتاة‎ (fatā)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪnt̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /bɪnt̪/

Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (Hindi spelling बिंत)

daughter
Synonym: بیٹی‎ (beṭī)

References

“بنت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“بنت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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