بني

See also: بنی, بنى, ثني, ثنى, ث ن ي, ب ن ي, يني, نبي, and نبی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of بُنّ (bunn, “coffee”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bun.nijj/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

بُنِّيّ • (bunniyy) (feminine بُنِّيَّة (bunniyya), masculine plural بُنِّيُّونَ (bunniyyūna), feminine plural بُنِّيَّات (bunniyyāt))

brown, coffee-colored

Declension

Declension of adjective **بُنِّيّ** (bunniyy)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بُنِّي bunnī	الْبُنِّي al-bunnī	بُنِّيَّة bunniyya	الْبُنِّيَّة al-bunniyya
nominative	بُنِّيٌّ bunniyyun	الْبُنِّيُّ al-bunniyyu	بُنِّيَّةٌ bunniyyatun	الْبُنِّيَّةُ al-bunniyyatu
accusative	بُنِّيًّا bunniyyan	الْبُنِّيَّ al-bunniyya	بُنِّيَّةً bunniyyatan	الْبُنِّيَّةَ al-bunniyyata
genitive	بُنِّيٍّ bunniyyin	الْبُنِّيِّ al-bunniyyi	بُنِّيَّةٍ bunniyyatin	الْبُنِّيَّةِ al-bunniyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بُنِّيَّيْن bunniyyayn	الْبُنِّيَّيْن al-bunniyyayn	بُنِّيَّتَيْن bunniyyatayn	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْن al-bunniyyatayn
nominative	بُنِّيَّانِ bunniyyāni	الْبُنِّيَّانِ al-bunniyyāni	بُنِّيَّتَانِ bunniyyatāni	الْبُنِّيَّتَانِ al-bunniyyatāni
accusative	بُنِّيَّيْنِ bunniyyayni	الْبُنِّيَّيْنِ al-bunniyyayni	بُنِّيَّتَيْنِ bunniyyatayni	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْنِ al-bunniyyatayni
genitive	بُنِّيَّيْنِ bunniyyayni	الْبُنِّيَّيْنِ al-bunniyyayni	بُنِّيَّتَيْنِ bunniyyatayni	الْبُنِّيَّتَيْنِ al-bunniyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بُنِّيِّين bunniyyīn	الْبُنِّيِّين al-bunniyyīn	بُنِّيَّات bunniyyāt	الْبُنِّيَّات al-bunniyyāt
nominative	بُنِّيُّونَ bunniyyūna	الْبُنِّيُّونَ al-bunniyyūna	بُنِّيَّاتٌ bunniyyātun	الْبُنِّيَّاتُ al-bunniyyātu
accusative	بُنِّيِّينَ bunniyyīna	الْبُنِّيِّينَ al-bunniyyīna	بُنِّيَّاتٍ bunniyyātin	الْبُنِّيَّاتِ al-bunniyyāti
genitive	بُنِّيِّينَ bunniyyīna	الْبُنِّيِّينَ al-bunniyyīna	بُنِّيَّاتٍ bunniyyātin	الْبُنِّيَّاتِ al-bunniyyāti

Etymology 2

Noun

بَنْي • (bany) m

verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **بَنْي** (bany)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَنْي bany	الْبَنْي al-bany	بَنْي bany
nominative	بَنْيٌ banyun	الْبَنْيُ al-banyu	بَنْيُ banyu
accusative	بَنْيًا banyan	الْبَنْيَ al-banya	بَنْيَ banya
genitive	بَنْيٍ banyin	الْبَنْيِ al-banyi	بَنْيِ banyi

Etymology 3

Verb

بُنِيَ • (buniya) (form I) /bu.ni.ja/

third-person masculine singular past passive of بَنَى (banā)

Etymology 4

Diminutive of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيُّونَ (bunayyūna), feminine بُنَيَّة (bunayya))

(endearing) little son

Declension

Declension of noun **بُنَيّ** (bunayy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيّ bunayy	الْبُنَيّ al-bunayy	بُنَيّ bunayy
nominative	بُنَيٌّ bunayyun	الْبُنَيُّ al-bunayyu	بُنَيُّ bunayyu
accusative	بُنَيًّا bunayyan	الْبُنَيَّ al-bunayya	بُنَيَّ bunayya
genitive	بُنَيٍّ bunayyin	الْبُنَيِّ al-bunayyi	بُنَيِّ bunayyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيَّيْن bunayyayn	الْبُنَيَّيْن al-bunayyayn	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
nominative	بُنَيَّانِ bunayyāni	الْبُنَيَّانِ al-bunayyāni	بُنَيَّا bunayyā
accusative	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
genitive	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
plural	sound masculine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيِّين bunayyīn	الْبُنَيِّين al-bunayyīn	بُنَيِّي bunayyī
nominative	بُنَيُّونَ bunayyūna	الْبُنَيُّونَ al-bunayyūna	بُنَيُّو bunayyū
accusative	بُنَيِّينَ bunayyīna	الْبُنَيِّينَ al-bunayyīna	بُنَيِّي bunayyī
genitive	بُنَيِّينَ bunayyīna	الْبُنَيِّينَ al-bunayyīna	بُنَيِّي bunayyī

Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيَّات (bunayyāt))

a little road branching off from a main road
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- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 488 q:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[3], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 490 i:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[4], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 495 line 8:

Declension

Declension of noun **بُنَيّ** (bunayy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيّ bunayy	الْبُنَيّ al-bunayy	بُنَيّ bunayy
nominative	بُنَيٌّ bunayyun	الْبُنَيُّ al-bunayyu	بُنَيُّ bunayyu
accusative	بُنَيًّا bunayyan	الْبُنَيَّ al-bunayya	بُنَيَّ bunayya
genitive	بُنَيٍّ bunayyin	الْبُنَيِّ al-bunayyi	بُنَيِّ bunayyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيَّيْن bunayyayn	الْبُنَيَّيْن al-bunayyayn	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
nominative	بُنَيَّانِ bunayyāni	الْبُنَيَّانِ al-bunayyāni	بُنَيَّا bunayyā
accusative	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
genitive	بُنَيَّيْنِ bunayyayni	الْبُنَيَّيْنِ al-bunayyayni	بُنَيَّيْ bunayyay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُنَيَّات bunayyāt	الْبُنَيَّات al-bunayyāt	بُنَيَّات bunayyāt
nominative	بُنَيَّاتٌ bunayyātun	الْبُنَيَّاتُ al-bunayyātu	بُنَيَّاتُ bunayyātu
accusative	بُنَيَّاتٍ bunayyātin	الْبُنَيَّاتِ al-bunayyāti	بُنَيَّاتِ bunayyāti
genitive	بُنَيَّاتٍ bunayyātin	الْبُنَيَّاتِ al-bunayyāti	بُنَيَّاتِ bunayyāti

Etymology 5

With بِينِيت (bīnīt) ~ بِينِيث (bīnīṯ, “bonito”) from Aramaic בִּינִִיתָא / בִּנִִיתָא (binnīṯā) / ܒܝܼܢܝܵܬܵܐ (bīnyāṯā, “a certain kind of fish that was frequently eaten”), from Akkadian 𒁉𒉌𒀉 (bi-ni-it /⁠binītu⁠/)/ 𒁉𒉡𒌓 (bi-nu-ut /⁠binūtu⁠/, “construction, make-up; shape; creature, product, produce; natural product of animals, plants or stones; fish eggs, roe”) from the root found in Arabic as ب ن ي (b n y).

Noun

بِنِّيّ or بُنِّيّ • (binniyy or bunniyy) m

Labeobarbus bynni
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[5], volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 886, line 3:
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[6], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 494, line 20:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[7], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 128 line 17:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[8], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 130 p:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[9], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 162, line 2:
(Can we find and add a quotation of ألف ليلة وليلة to this entry?)

Declension

Declension of noun **بِنِّيّ** (binniyy)‎; **بُنِّيّ** (bunniyy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بِنِّي‎; بُنِّي binnī‎; bunnī	الْبِنِّي‎; الْبُنِّي al-binnī‎; al-bunnī	بِنِّي‎; بُنِّي binnī‎; bunnī
nominative	بِنِّيٌّ‎; بُنِّيٌّ binniyyun‎; bunniyyun	الْبِنِّيُّ‎; الْبُنِّيُّ al-binniyyu‎; al-bunniyyu	بِنِّيُّ‎; بُنِّيُّ binniyyu‎; bunniyyu
accusative	بِنِّيًّا‎; بُنِّيًّا binniyyan‎; bunniyyan	الْبِنِّيَّ‎; الْبُنِّيَّ al-binniyya‎; al-bunniyya	بِنِّيَّ‎; بُنِّيَّ binniyya‎; bunniyya
genitive	بِنِّيٍّ‎; بُنِّيٍّ binniyyin‎; bunniyyin	الْبِنِّيِّ‎; الْبُنِّيِّ al-binniyyi‎; al-bunniyyi	بِنِّيِّ‎; بُنِّيِّ binniyyi‎; bunniyyi

Derived terms

بُنّ (bunn, “brine, pickling-solution”)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Labeobarbus bynni, Barbus bynni, obsolete Cyprinus bynni

References

“bynytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بني”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[10] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 116b
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 122
Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎^[11] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 194
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 258b.
Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1805) Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, editor, Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-Länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten‎^[12], volume 3, Berlin: G. Reimer, published 1855, page 123
Sokoloff, Michael (2002) “בִּינִִיתָא”, in A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, →ISBN, page 203
Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[13] (in German), volume 61, pages 633–640

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُنِّيّ (bunniyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bin.ni/, [ˈbɪn.ni]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Adjective

بنّي • (binni) (feminine بنّيّة (binniyye))

brown

أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)	رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy)	أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)	أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)	أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)	نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy)
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy)	أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”)	رمادي (ramādi, “grey”), سكني (sakani, “grey”)	أسود (ʔaswad, “black”)
أحمر (ʔaḥmar, “red”), خمري (ḵamri, “crimson”)	بردقاني (burdʔāni, “orange”); بني (binni, “brown”)	أصفر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)
	أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)
		أزرق (ʔazraʔ, “blue”), كحلي (kuḥli, “navy”)
بنفسجي (banafsaji, “violet”)	نهدي (nahdi, “purple”), ليلكي (lēlaki, “lilac”)	زهري (zahri, “pink”)