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

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɪ.nɑː.ʔän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɪ.nɑːän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bi.nɔːän]

Readings
Classical reading? binā'an
Dari reading? binā'an
Iranian reading? benâ'an
Tajik reading? binoʾan

Adverb

Dari بناء
Iranian Persian
Tajik биноан

بناءً • (benâ'an)

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

(from the same Arabic root):

References

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