برني

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arabic sources claim it is Persian, and Persian ones that it is Arabic (which often means it is from Middle Persian or Early New Persian and reinvigorated in Persian from Arabic).

Alternative forms

• بَرْنِجّ (barnijj) — ʕajʕaja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.nijj/

Noun

بَرْنِيّ • (barniyy) m

1. a date variety (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْنِيّ (barniyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْنِي barnī	الْبَرْنِي al-barnī	بَرْنِي barnī
Nominative	بَرْنِيٌّ barniyyun	الْبَرْنِيُّ al-barniyyu	بَرْنِيُّ barniyyu
Accusative	بَرْنِيًّا barniyyan	الْبَرْنِيَّ al-barniyya	بَرْنِيَّ barniyya
Genitive	بَرْنِيٍّ barniyyin	الْبَرْنِيِّ al-barniyyi	بَرْنِيِّ barniyyi

Etymology 2

Apparently after Hibernia rather than after Bornu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur.nijj/

Noun

بُرْنِيّ • (burniyy) m (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))

1. (Morocco, al-Andalus) a kind of falcon

Declension

Declension of noun بُرْنِيّ (burniyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُرْنِي burnī	الْبُرْنِي al-burnī	بُرْنِي burnī
Nominative	بُرْنِيٌّ burniyyun	الْبُرْنِيُّ al-burniyyu	بُرْنِيُّ burniyyu
Accusative	بُرْنِيًّا burniyyan	الْبُرْنِيَّ al-burniyya	بُرْنِيَّ burniyya
Genitive	بُرْنِيٍّ burniyyin	الْبُرْنِيِّ al-burniyyi	بُرْنِيِّ burniyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُرْنِيَّيْن burniyyayn	الْبُرْنِيَّيْن al-burniyyayn	بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay
Nominative	بُرْنِيَّانِ burniyyāni	الْبُرْنِيَّانِ al-burniyyāni	بُرْنِيَّا burniyyā
Accusative	بُرْنِيَّيْنِ burniyyayni	الْبُرْنِيَّيْنِ al-burniyyayni	بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay
Genitive	بُرْنِيَّيْنِ burniyyayni	الْبُرْنِيَّيْنِ al-burniyyayni	بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرَانِي barānī	الْبَرَانِي al-barānī	بَرَانِي barānī
Nominative	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu	الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu
Accusative	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya
Genitive	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi	بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi

Descendants

• → Catalan: borní
• → Portuguese: borní
• → Spanish: borní

Further reading

•  Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 135