بناني

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From reanalyzing لِبْنَان (libnān, “Lebanon”) as *البْنَان (*l-bnān, pronounced identically, literally “the Banon”). With this reanalysis cemented, the definite article الـ (l-) regularly drops when forming nisba demonyms; compare السُّودَان (s-sūdān, “the Sudan”) → سُودَانِي (sūdāni, “Sudanese”).

Pronunciation

  • (masculine): IPA(key): /ˈbnaː.ni/, (regional) /-ne/
  • (feminine or plural): IPA(key): /bnaː.ˈnij.je/
  • (plural): IPA(key): /bnaː.nij.ˈjiːn/

Noun

بْنَانِي • (bnāni) m (plural بْنَانِيِّة (bnāniyye) or بْنَانِيِّين (bnāniyyīn), feminine بْنَانِيِّة (bnāniyye))

  1. (Syria, rustic, uncommon) alternative form of لِبْنَانِي (libnāni, “Lebanese person”)

Adjective

بْنَانِي • (bnāni) (feminine بْنَانِيِّة (bnāniyye), common plural بْنَانِيِّة (bnāniyye) or بْنَانِيِّين (bnāniyyīn))

  1. (Syria, rustic, uncommon) alternative form of لِبْنَانِي (libnāni, “Lebanese”)

Proper noun

بْنَانِي • (bnāni) m

  1. (Syria, rustic, uncommon) alternative form of لِبْنَانِي (libnāni, “Lebanese Arabic”)
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