See also: تیان and بیان

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ب ي ن (b-y-n)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَيَان (bayānm (plural بَيَانَات (bayānāt))

  1. verbal noun of بَانَ (bāna) (form I)
  2. clearness, obviousness
  3. statement
  4. declaration, announcement
  5. explanation
  6. commentary
  7. evident meaning
  8. demonstration
  9. eloquence, rhetoric
  10. division
  11. exposé
  12. official report
  13. communiqué
  14. list
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: bəyan
  • Bengali: বয়ান (boẏan)
  • English: bayan
  • Indonesian: bayan
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیان
  • Persian: بیان (bayân)
  • Urdu: بیان (byān)
  • Uzbek: bayon

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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بِيَان (biyānm (plural بِيَانَات (biyānāt))

  1. piano
Declension
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References
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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN