بنية

Arabic

Root
ب ن ي (b-n-y)

Etymology

Diminutive of بِنْت (bint, daughter) or اِبْنَة (ibna, daughter).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

بِنْيَة • (binya) f

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

Declension

Noun

بِنْيَة or بُنْيَة • (binya or bunya) f (plural بِنًى (binan) or بُنًى (bunan))

  1. edifice
  2. structure of the body

Declension

References

Noun

بُنَيَّة • (bunayya) f (dual بُنَيَّتَانِ (bunayyatāni), plural بُنَيَّات (bunayyāt))

  1. (endearing) little daughter
    أَبُنَيَّتِي تَشَجَّعِي وَلَا تَخَافِي
    ʔabunayyatī tašajjaʕī walā taḵāfī
    Be brave, my little daughter, and do not fear!

Declension

Adjective

بُنِّيَّة • (bunniyya) f

  1. feminine singular of بُنِّيّ (bunniyy)

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُنَيَّة (bunayya, little daughter).

Noun

بنية (bineyya) f

  1. girl, young lady
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 24:28, page 24:
      .وَ فِي الْبَكَانْ دَا، الْبِنَيَّةْ قَمَّتْ جَرَتْ الْبَيْت وَ أَوْرَتْ أَمَّهَا بِكُلَّ شَيّءْ الْكَانْ
      And the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house.
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