بنان

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بنان

/ba.naːn/

Where it comes from

From the root ب و ن (b w n), for the interstices between the fingers. Maybe also related to إِبْهَام (ʔibhām, “thumb”). The sense of bananas is from French banane.

noun بَنَان · banān · بَنَانَة · الْبَنَان

collective the fingertips or fingers أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝ بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Arabic, Mauritania, Modern, Morocco, Standard, collective banana
Similar: مَوْز

In English

finger (anatomy) extremity of the hand
fingertip the end of the finger

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بنان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}