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banya

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See also: Banya, bánya, banyà, and bǎnyā

English

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Etymology

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From Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio, bain, and balaneion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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a traditional Russian banya

banya (plural banyas)

  1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
    • 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
      The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.

Translations

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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FWOTD – 26 August 2023

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.

Noun

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banya f (plural banyes)

  1. (zoology) horn, antler
    • 1981, Jaume Sisa (lyrics and music), “Nit de Sant Joan”:
      Si mireu les flames del foc de Sant Joan / Li veureu les banyes, el barret i els guants
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (zoology) feeler, antenna
  3. horn (material)
  4. (technology) arcing horn
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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banya

  1. inflection of banyar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) +‎ anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒɲɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧nya
  • Rhymes: -ɲɒ

Noun

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banya (plural banyák)

  1. hag, harridan, witch
    Synonyms: boszorkány, boszorka
  2. (obsolete) grandmother[1]
    Synonyms: nagymama, nagyanya

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative banya banyák
accusative banyát banyákat
dative banyának banyáknak
instrumental banyával banyákkal
causal-final banyáért banyákért
translative banyává banyákká
terminative banyáig banyákig
essive-formal banyaként banyákként
essive-modal — —
inessive banyában banyákban
superessive banyán banyákon
adessive banyánál banyáknál
illative banyába banyákba
sublative banyára banyákra
allative banyához banyákhoz
elative banyából banyákból
delative banyáról banyákról
ablative banyától banyáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		banyáé banyáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		banyáéi banyákéi
Possessive forms of banya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. banyám banyáim
2nd person sing. banyád banyáid
3rd person sing. banyája banyái
1st person plural banyánk banyáink
2nd person plural banyátok banyáitok
3rd person plural banyájuk banyáik

References

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  1. ^ banya in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • banya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • banya in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Nyunga

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Verb

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banya

  1. to sweat, perspire, drop water

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Portuguese

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Noun

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banya m or f (plural banyas)

  1. banya (a Russian steam bath)
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