Arabic

Noun

بَيَان • ‎(bayān) m ‎(plural بَيَانَات ‎(bayānāt))

1. verbal noun of بَانَ ‎(bāna) (form I)
2. clearness, obviousness
3. statement
4. declaration, announcement
5. explanation
6. commentary
7. evident meaning
8. demonstration
9. eloquence, rhetoric
10. division
11. exposé
12. official report
13. communiqué
14. list

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بيان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• بِيَانَة ‎(biyāna)
• بِيَانُو ‎(biyānō)

Noun

بِيَان • ‎(biyān) m

1. piano

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بيان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4