بانو
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-.[1][2] Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /baː.ˈnuː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑː.núː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bɒː.núː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɔ.nú]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bānū |
| Dari reading? | bānū |
| Iranian reading? | bânu |
| Tajik reading? | bonu |
Noun
بانو • (bânu) (plural بانوان (bânovân), or بانوها)
| Dari | بانو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | бону |
Descendants
- → Georgian: ბანოვანი (banovani) (from the plural)
- → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)
Proper noun
بانو • (bânu)
- a female given name, Banu, Banoo, or Banou, from Middle Persian
Descendants
- Dari: بانو (bānū)
- Iranian Persian: بانو (bānū)
- Tajik: бонӯ (bonü)
- → Azerbaijani: banu
- → Bashkir: Баныу (Banıw)
- → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)
- → Hindustani:
- → Turkish: Banu
References
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بانو (bānū, “lady; queen”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɑː.nuː/, /bɑː.noː/
- Hyphenation: با‧نُو
Noun
بانو • (bānū or bāno) f (Hindi spelling बानू or बानो)
References
- “بانو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بانو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “بانو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.