בנא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *banay-. Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā), Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bnaʔ/

Verb

בְּנָא • (bənā)

1. to build, to construct, to erect
2. to found