ب و ن
Arabic
editEtymology
editRelated to ب ي ن (b-y-n).
Root
editب و ن • (b-w-n)
- related to distance by excellence
Derived terms
edit- بَنَان (banān, “five fingers”)
- بَان (bān, “ben tree; Egyptian willow”)
- بِوَان (biwān, “tent pole”)
- بَوْنَة (bawna) and بَانَة (bāna, “distinction, disparity”)
References
edit- Freytag, Georg (1830) “ب و ن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174b
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ب و ن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 180b
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ب و ن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 278a-b
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ب و ن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 102