See also: بنس, تنس, تنش, and ينس

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic بنش (benš), from English bench.

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بِنْش (benšm

  1. (bodybuilding) bench
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Etymology 2 edit

A name predating the spread of the Semitic languages and the art of writing, equated with a place of a royal marriage ritual Eblaite [Term?] (Nenash, Binash) in the Ebla tablets, Akkadian [script needed] (URUPa-na-aš-ta-a), Hittite [script needed] (URUPa-ni-iš-ta-i), Egyptian [script needed] (Pa-na-śə).

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بِنِّش (binnišf

  1. Binnish (a city in Idlib governorate, Syria)
  2. Binnish (a subdistrict of Idlib district, Idlib governorate, Syria)
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References edit

  • Astour, Michael C. (1969) “The Partition of the Confederacy of Mukiš-Nuḫiašše-Nii by Šuppiluliuma: A Study in Political Geography of the Amarna Age”, in Orientalia[1], volume 38, number 3, page 401 No. 34

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English bench.

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Noun edit

بنش (benšm

  1. (bodybuilding) bench

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بینیش (biniş).

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بنش (binišm (plural بنشات (binišāt))

  1. (historical) a ceremonial robe with long sleeves, pelisse

References edit

  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern[2], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 114 Nr. 59
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بنش”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 90a
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 51, page 306 Nr. 21