بنيان

Arabic

Root
ب ن ي (b-n-y)

Noun

بُنْيَان • (bunyān) m

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

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3. wall

Declension

Declension of noun بُنْيَان (bunyān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنْيَان bunyān	الْبُنْيَان al-bunyān	بُنْيَان bunyān
Nominative	بُنْيَانٌ bunyānun	الْبُنْيَانُ al-bunyānu	بُنْيَانُ bunyānu
Accusative	بُنْيَانًا bunyānan	الْبُنْيَانَ al-bunyāna	بُنْيَانَ bunyāna
Genitive	بُنْيَانٍ bunyānin	الْبُنْيَانِ al-bunyāni	بُنْيَانِ bunyāni

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.nɪ.jɑːn/

Noun

بنيان • (baniyān) f (Hindi spelling बनियान)

1. vest; undershirt

   Synonym: گنجی

Declension

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

Descendants

• → Kalasha: بادِیان (badián)

References

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