بینی

See also: بيني‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beyŋi (“brain”); cognate with Azerbaijani beyin, Kazakh ми (mi, “brain”), Kyrgyz мээ (mee, “brain”), Tatar ми (mi, “brain”), Turkmen beýni, Uyghur مىڭە‎ (mi'nge, “brain”), Uzbek miya (“brain”) and Yakut мэйии (meyii, “brain”).

Alternative forms

بین‎ (beyn)

Noun

بینی • (beyni)

brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
Synonyms: دماغ‎ (demağ), مخ‎ (muh), مغز‎ (mağz)
(by extension) mind, understanding, intellect

Descendants

Turkish: beyin
→ Armenian: բեյին (beyin), բեյն (beyn)

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “beyin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 573
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Cerebrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 170
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “beyin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (bini, “nose”).

Noun

بینی • (bini)

nose, a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils
Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)
tip, the extreme end of something, especially when pointed
Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)
headland, cape, promontory, any projecting piece of land
Synonyms: انف‎ (enf), بورون‎ (burun)

Descendants

Turkish: bini

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bini3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 615
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Nasus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1117
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪‎ (wēnīg).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /biːniː/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /biːniː/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /biniː/

Noun

Iranian Persian	بینی
Dari	بینی
Tajik	бинӣ (binī)

بینی • (bini)

nose

Synonyms

دماغ‎ (damâğ)

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