பனியன்
Tamil
editEtymology
editFrom English banyan or banian, a borrowing from Tamil வணிகன் (vaṇikaṉ), வாணியன் (vāṇiyaṉ) or from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo), through Portuguese baniano, from Arabic بَنِيَان (baniyān), ultimately from Sanskrit वणिज् (vaṇij).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editபனியன் • (paṉiyaṉ) (plural பனியன்கள்)
References
edit- S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “பனியன்”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
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