baniani

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baniani

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic بَنْيَان (banyān), from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo, “merchant”).

noun mabaniani · banyani

  1. class v banyan (Indian merchant)
  2. class v Hindu

    Similar: Mhindu

In English

  • banyan Indian trader, merchant

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"baniani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/baniani. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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baniani. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baniani

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"baniani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baniani.

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@misc{baniani_2026,
  title = {baniani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baniani},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-baniani.flac.