banya
English edit
Etymology edit
From Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banya (plural banyas)
- A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
- 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
- The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.
Translations edit
a Russian steam bath
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.
Noun edit
banya f (plural banyes)
- (zoology) horn, antler
- 1981, Jaume Sisa (lyrics and music), “Nit de Sant Joan”:
- Si mireu les flames del foc de Sant Joan / Li veureu les banyes, el barret i els guants
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (zoology) feeler, antenna
- horn (material)
- (technology) arcing horn
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
banya
- inflection of banyar:
Further reading edit
- “banya” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “banya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “banya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “banya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) + anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banya (plural banyák)
- hag, harridan, witch
- Synonyms: boszorkány, boszorka
- (obsolete) grandmother[1]
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | banya | banyák |
accusative | banyát | banyákat |
dative | banyának | banyáknak |
instrumental | banyával | banyákkal |
causal-final | banyáért | banyákért |
translative | banyává | banyákká |
terminative | banyáig | banyákig |
essive-formal | banyaként | banyákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | banyában | banyákban |
superessive | banyán | banyákon |
adessive | banyánál | banyáknál |
illative | banyába | banyákba |
sublative | banyára | banyákra |
allative | banyához | banyákhoz |
elative | banyából | banyákból |
delative | banyáról | banyákról |
ablative | banyától | banyáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
banyáé | banyáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
banyáéi | banyákéi |
Possessive forms of banya | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | banyám | banyáim |
2nd person sing. | banyád | banyáid |
3rd person sing. | banyája | banyái |
1st person plural | banyánk | banyáink |
2nd person plural | banyátok | banyáitok |
3rd person plural | banyájuk | banyáik |
References edit
- ^ banya in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- banya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- banya in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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Verb edit
banya
- to sweat, perspire, drop water
References edit
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
banya m or f (plural banyas)
- banya (a Russian steam bath)