بانس

Persian

Alternative forms

• بانگس (bāngs / bângs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani بان٘س (bā̃s) / बाँस (bā̃s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːns]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːns]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːns]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːŋɡ.s]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāns
Dari reading?	bāns

Noun

بانس • (bāns / bâns)

1. (Dari, Indo-Persian) bamboo

   Synonym: خیزران (xayzarān / xeyzarân)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “بانس”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 49
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بانس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• “بانس”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
• “بانگس”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa), from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ːs/

Noun

بان٘س • (bā̃s) m (Hindi spelling बाँस)

1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of بانس
	singular	plural
direct	بان٘س (bā̃s)	بان٘س (bā̃s)
oblique	بان٘س (bā̃s)	بان٘سوں (bā̃sõ)
vocative	بان٘س (bā̃s)	بان٘سو (bā̃so)

Descendants

• → Pashto: باڼس (bāṇs)
• → Persian:

  Dari: بَانْس (bāns), بَانْگْس (bāngs)

Further reading

• “بانس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بانس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.