بني

العربية

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بني¹

  • /bun.nijj/

adjective بُنِّيّ · bunniyy · بُنِّيَّة · بُنِّيُّون · بُنِّيَّات · بُنِّي

  1. brown, coffee-colored

بني²

noun بَنْي · bany · الْبَنْي · بَنْيٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)

بني³

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Diminutive of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

noun بُنَيّ · bunayy · بُنَيُّون · بُنَيَّة · الْبُنَيّ

  1. endearing little son

noun بُنَيّ · bunayy · بُنَيَّات · الْبُنَيّ

  1. a little road branching off from a main road

بني⁴

Where it comes from

With بِينِيت (bīnīt) ~ بِينِيث (bīnīṯ, “bonito”) from Aramaic בִּינִִיתָא / בִּנִִיתָא (binnīṯā) / ܒܝܼܢܝܵܬܵܐ (bīnyāṯā, “a certain kind of fish that was frequently eaten”), from Akkadian 𒁉𒉌𒀉 (bi-ni-it /⁠binītu⁠/)/ 𒁉𒉡𒌓 (bi-nu-ut /⁠binūtu⁠/, “construction, make-up; shape; creature, product, produce; natural product of animals, plants or stones; fish eggs, roe”) from the root found in Arabic as ب ن ي (b n y).

noun بِنِّيّ · بُنِّيّ · binniyy · bunniyy · بِنِّي · بُنِّي

  1. Labeobarbus bynni

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بني},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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