بنا

Arabic

Verb

بِنَّا • (binnā) (form I) /bin.naː/

first-person plural past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Noun

بنا • (binâ)

building

Related terms

بناءً (binâʾen)

Descendants

Turkish: bina
→ Laz: ბინა (bina)
→ Romanian: bina

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Noun

بنا • (bennâ)

bricklayer

Descendants

Turkish: benna

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bi.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.nɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.nɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	binā
Dari reading^?	binā
Iranian reading^?	benâ
Tajik reading^?	bino

Noun


Iranian Persian	بنا
Dari	بنا
Tajik	бино

بنا • (benâ)

building

Related terms

بناءً (benâ'an)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, “builder”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ban.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bän.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bän.nɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæn.nɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bän.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bannā
Dari reading^?	bannā
Iranian reading^?	bannâ
Tajik reading^?	banno

Noun


Iranian Persian	بنا
Dari	بنا
Tajik	банно

بنا • (bannâ)

bricklayer

References

Hayyim, Sulayman. New Persian-English dictionary. [Teheran, Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim] 1934-1936.

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀸 (viṇā), from Sanskrit विना (vínā). Doublet of وِنَا (vinā), a tatsama. Cognate with Punjabi ਬਿਨ (bin) / بِن (bin), Mewari वना (vanā) Kachchi વિણ- (viṇa-), Marathi बिन- (bin-).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪ.nɑː/

Preposition

بِنا • (binā) (Hindi spelling बिना) (postposition and preposition)

without, prepared without
بنا گوشت کا کھانا ― Food without meat

انسان پانی کے بنا جی نہیں سکتے
Humans can't live without water

راج۔۔۔ میں تمہارے بنا جینا نہیں چاہتی
Raj... I don't want to live without you

Usage notes

بِنا (binā) is one of the few Urdu prepositions.

Derived terms

کے بِنا (ke binā)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (binā), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪ.nɑː/

Noun

بِنا • (binā) f (Hindi spelling बिना)

basis, foundation
Synonym: بُنیاد (bunyād)

Derived terms

بنا بر
بنا برین
بنا ڈالنا

References

“بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian , from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bən.nɑː/

Noun

بَنّا • (bannā) m (Hindi spelling बन्ना)

mason, builder

References

“بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.