بانی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَانٍ (bānin).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /baː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bɒː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɔ.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bānī |
| Dari reading? | bānī |
| Iranian reading? | bâni |
| Tajik reading? | boni |
Noun
بانی • (bâni)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بانی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian بَانِی (bānī), borrowed from Arabic بَانٍ (bānin), from بَنَى (banā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɑː.niː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: بَا‧نِی
Noun
بَانِی • (bānī) m (Hindi spelling बानी)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَانی (bānī) | بَانِیاں (bāniyā̃) |
| oblique | بَانی (bānī) | بَانِیوں (bāniyō̃) |
| vocative | بَانی (bānī) | بَانِیو (bāniyō) |
Further reading
- “بانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “بانی”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]