بنا

Arabic

Verb

بِنَّا • (binnā) (form I)

  1. first-person plural past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Noun

بنا • (binâ)

  1. building
Descendants
  • Turkish: bina
  • → Romanian: bina

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Noun

بنا • (bennâ)

  1. bricklayer
Descendants

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bi.nɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? binā
Dari reading? binā
Iranian reading? benâ
Tajik reading? bino

Noun
Dari بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik бино

بنا • (benâ)

  1. building

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, “builder”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bän.nɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? bannā
Dari reading? bannā
Iranian reading? bannâ
Tajik reading? banno

Noun
Dari بنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik банно

بنا • (bannâ)

  1. bricklayer

References

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀸 (viṇā), 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-).

Pronunciation

Preposition

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

  1. without, prepared without
Usage notes
  • بِنا (binā) is one of the few Urdu prepositions.
Derived terms

References
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِنا (binā), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِنا • (binā) f (Hindi spelling बिना)

  1. building, structure, edifice; foundation, basis, base; ground, footing, motive; root, source, origin; beginning, commencement
Derived terms
  • بنا بر
  • بنا برین
  • بنا ڈالنا

References
  • “بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنّا, from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَنّا • (bannā) m (Hindi spelling बन्ना)

  1. mason, builder

References
  • “بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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