English

Noun

bint ‎(plural bints)

1. (Britain, pejorative) A woman, a girl.

   Tell that bint to get herself in here now!

   • Austin Powers (film)

     Don't you remember the Crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint?

   • Monty Python's Flying Circus

     If I went round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:woman

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Binde.

Noun

bint

1. bind, bandage

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

bint n ‎(plural binten)

1. heavy wooden beam
2. several beams, forming the structure of a building

Synonyms

2: gebint, gebinte

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت ‎(bint)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪnt/

Noun

bint f ‎(plural ulied or bniet)

1. daughter

Usage notes

The word bint is usually used as the status constructus and with the pronominal suffixes. The morphological plural bniet today means girls. The plural form that specifically refers to daughters is ulied.

Related terms

• iben

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Old High German wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ‎(“blowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bint/

Noun

bint m ‎(plural [please provide])

1. wind (movement of atmospheric air)

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.