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بان

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See also: ـبان, پان, ثان, يان, and یان

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ب ي ن (b y n)
13 terms

Verb

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بَانَ (bāna) I (non-past يَبِينُ (yabīnu), verbal noun بَيَان (bayān))

  1. to separate, to become distinct, to sunder
  2. to be or become evident, to come out, to be or become clearly visible by way of separation
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Verb

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بَانَ (bāna) I (non-past يَبِينُ (yabīnu), verbal noun بَيْن (bayn) or بَيْنُونَة (baynūna))

  1. (intransitive, construed with مِن (min)) to part, to become separated (from)
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Etymology 2

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Root
ب ن ي (b n y)
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Derived from the active participle of بَنَى (banā, to build, to erect, to construct).

Noun

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بَانٍ (bāninm (construct state بَانِي (bānī), dual بَانِيَانِ (bāniyāni), plural بَانُونَ (bānūna) or بُنَاة (bunāh), feminine بَانِيَة (bāniya))

  1. builder
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Etymology 3

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From ب و ن (b-w-n), as also بَنَان (banān, finger), a reference to the fruit or branch shape, known for their elegance in Arabic poetry.

Noun

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بَان (bānm (collective, singulative بَانَة f (bāna))

  1. ben tree, horseradish tree (the Moringa oleifera of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben)
    • a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt][1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, page 249:
      بان شجرة معروفة لها ثمرة حبّها أكبر من الحمص مائل إلى البياض طيب الرائحة وله لبّ دهني قال الشيخ الرئيس إنه ينفع من البرص والكلف والبهق وآثار القروح وينفع من الثآليل أيضا في المراهم وطبخه ينفع من وجع الأسنان مضمضة وقال غيره ينفع من الجرب ويقطع الرعاف.
      The ben is a well-known tree with a fruit the grains of which are larger than chickpeas with a tendency towards white and a nice smell and an oily pulp about which Šayḵ ar-Raʾīs says that it helps against leprosy and melasmata and vitiligo and traces of ulcers and it helps against warts, too, and the salves and decocts applied by bandage are useful against toothache, and another author said it relives scabies and staunches nosebleed.
  2. Egyptian willow (Salix aegyptiaca L.)
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Etymology 4

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From Ottoman Turkish بان (ban), from Proto-Slavic *banъ.

Noun

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بَان (bānm

  1. ban, a title in the Southeastern Europe
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Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَانَ (bāna)

Root
ب ي ن
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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بان (bān) I (active participle باين (bāyin))

  1. (chiefly figurative) to become obvious, clear, evident
    وبان الحق.
    bān il-ḥaʔ
    The truth is now clear

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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  • باين (bāyin, obvious)
  • بين (bayyin, transitive causative: to make obvious, evident)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *banъ.

Noun

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بان (ban)

  1. ban (title)
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  • Turkish: ban
  • Arabic: بَان (bān)

Etymology 2

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From Persian ـبان (-bân).

Noun

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بان (-ban)

  1. (in compounds) keeper, tender, ward

Etymology 3

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From Arabic بَان (bān).

Noun

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بان (ban)

  1. ben tree, horseradish tree (the Moringa oleifera of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben)
  2. Egyptian willow (Salix aegyptiaca L.)
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Etymology 4

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From earlier باڭ (bañ), from Persian بنگ (bang, henbane).

Noun

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بان (ban)

  1. henbane (Hyoscyamus gen. et spp.)
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Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bān
Dari reading? bān
Iranian reading? bân
Tajik reading? bon

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (-pʾn' /⁠-bān⁠/, -keeper, -guard), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect). Related to پاییدن (pâyidan). Also compare Old Armenian -պան (-pan).

Noun

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بان (bân)

  1. prince, lord, governor, chief

Suffix

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Dari بان
Iranian Persian
Tajik -бон

بان (-bân)

  1. keeper, guardian

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Category Persian terms suffixed with بان not found

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to clothe, wear, put on). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhana), 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhāna, cover).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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بان (bân)

  1. roof
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit बाण (bāṇa).

Noun

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بان (bân)

  1. (obsolete) arrow
    Synonym: تیر (tir)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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بان (bân)

  1. Alternative form of بانگ (bâng, voice)

References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 349
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 521

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ي ن
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَانَ (bāna).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baːn/, [bæːn]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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بان (bān) I (present ببان (bibān))

  1. to appear (mainly used in proverbs)
    Synonym: بيّن (bayyan)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of بان (bān)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بنت (bint) بنت (bint) بان (bān) بننا (binna) بنتو (bintu) بانو (bānu)
f بنتي (binti) بانت (bānat)
present m ببان (babān) بتبان (bitbān) ببان (bibān) منبان (minbān) بتبانو (bitbānu) ببانو (bibānu)
f بتباني (bitbāni) بتبان (bitbān)
subjunctive m ابان (abān) تبان (tbān) يبان (ybān) نبان (nbān) تبانو (tbānu) يبانو (ybānu)
f تباني (tbāni) تبان (tbān)
imperative m بان (bān) بانو (bānu)
f باني (bāni)

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Torwali

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit वापन (vāpana, sowing).

Noun

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بان (bān)

  1. meadow, pasture