بانو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /⁠bānūg⁠/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ˈnuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.núː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.núː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.núː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.nú]

• (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 (bânu-hâ))

Dari	بانو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бону

1. lady

   Synonym: خانم (xânom)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ბანოვანი (banovani) (from the plural)
• → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)

Proper noun

بانو • (bânu)

1. 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
• → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बानू (bānū), बानो (bāno)

  Urdu: بانُو (bānū), بانو (bānō)

• → Turkish: Banu

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)

1. lady, a woman of rank
2. queen
3. housewife

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, 2024.