Arabic

Noun

بْن • ‎(bn) m

1. Alternative form of اِبْن ‎(ibn)

Declension

Usage notes

Used after another noun (which necessarily ends in a vowel if case endings are preserved).

Etymology 2

From Amharic ቡና ‎(buna).

Noun

بُنّ • ‎(bunn) m ‎(usually uncountable)

1. coffee beans, coffee
2. coffee tree
3. (obsolete) a fine strong fragrance

Declension

Related terms

• بُنِّيّ ‎(bunniyy)

See also

• قَهْوَة ‎(qahwa)

Descendants

• Swahili: buni

Etymology 3

Verb

بِنْ • ‎(bin) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَانَ ‎(bāna)

Verb

بِنَّ • ‎(binna) ‎(form I)

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of بَانَ ‎(bāna)
2. third-person feminine plural past active of بَانَ ‎(bāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

بن • ‎(ben)

1. I

Declension

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bən/

Noun

بن • ‎(bën) f

1. co-wife

Declension

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰno- ‎(“bottom”), from *bʰudʰmḗn.

Noun

بن • ‎(bon)

1. bottom
2. foundation
3. root

Derived terms

• بنگاه ‎(bongâh)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بِن ‎(bin, “son”).

Noun

بن • ‎(ben)

1. bin (in Arabic names, modern colloquial)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

بن • ‎(Ben)

1. Ben (city)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

بن • ‎(Bon)

1. Bonn