Arabic edit

Root
ب ن ي (b-n-y)

Noun edit

بُنْيَان (bunyānm

  1. verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)
  2. building, structure (edifice)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:109:
      أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى تَقْوَى مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ أَم مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَٱنْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ
      ʔafaman ʔassasa bunyānahu ʕalā taqwā mina llāhi wariḍwānin ḵayrun ʔam man ʔassasa bunyānahu ʕalā šafā jurufin hārin fanhāra bihi fī nāri jahannama
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. wall

Declension edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from बनिया (baniyā, merchant), characterizing their usual clothing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بنيان (baniyānf (Hindi spelling बनियान)

  1. vest; undershirt
    Synonym: گنجی

Declension edit

Declension of بنيان
singular plural
direct بنیان (baniyān) بنیانیں (baniyānẽ)
oblique بنیان (baniyān) بنیانوں (baniyānõ)
vocative بنیان (baniyān) بنیانو (baniyāno)

Descendants edit

  • Kalasha: بادِیان (badián)

References edit

  • [1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.