Beniamin

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Beniamin m (indeclinable)

  1. (Late Latin) Benjamin (the youngest son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)

Descendants

  • English: Benjamin
  • Faroese: Benjamin

References

  • Benjămin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Benjamin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 214/3.

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Beniamin

Proper noun

Beniamin m

  1. a male given name

References

  • Cook, Albert, S. Biblical quotations in Old English Prose writers, page, 69.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.nja.min]
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Proper noun

Beniamin m (genitive/dative lui Beniamin)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benjamin
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