# بني
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of بُنّ (bunn, “coffee”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bun.nijj/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

بُنِّيّ • (bunniyy) (feminine بُنِّيَّة (bunniyya), masculine plural بُنِّيُّونَ (bunniyyūna), feminine plural بُنِّيَّات (bunniyyāt))
* brown, coffee-colored

##### Declension
#### See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text) :
| أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab) | رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy) | أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham) |
| أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy) | أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal) | أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy) |
| لِيمِيّ (līmiyy) | أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā) | نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy) |
| سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy) | لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy) | أَزْرَق (ʔazraq) |
| بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy) | فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy) | وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy) |

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

بَنْي • (bany) m
* verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

بُنِيَ • (buniya) (form I) /bu.ni.ja/
* third-person masculine singular past passive of بَنَى (banā)

### Etymology 4

Diminutive of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

#### Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيُّونَ (bunayyūna), feminine بُنَيَّة (bunayya))
* (endearing) little son

##### Declension
#### Noun

بُنَيّ • (bunayy) m (plural بُنَيَّات (bunayyāt))
* a little road branching off from a main road
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 252 line 3:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 488 q:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 490 i:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 495 line 8:

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

With بِينِيت (bīnīt) ~ بِينِيث (bīnīṯ, “bonito”) from Aramaic בִּינִִיתָא / בִּנִִיתָא (binnīṯā) / ܒܝܼܢܝܵܬܵܐ (bīnyāṯā, “a certain kind of fish that was frequently eaten”), from Akkadian 𒁉𒉌𒀉 (bi-ni-it /⁠binītu⁠/)/ 𒁉𒉡𒌓 (bi-nu-ut /⁠binūtu⁠/, “construction, make-up; shape; creature, product, produce; natural product of animals, plants or stones; fish eggs, roe”) from the root found in Arabic as ب ن ي (b-n-y).

#### Noun

بِنِّيّ or بُنِّيّ • (binniyy or bunniyy) m
* Labeobarbus bynni
** a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎, volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 886, line 3:
** a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎, volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 494, line 20:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 128 line 17:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 130 p:
** a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 162, line 2:
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##### Derived terms

* بُنّ (bunn, “brine, pickling-solution”)

##### Descendants

* → Translingual: Labeobarbus bynni, Barbus bynni, obsolete Cyprinus bynni

#### References

* “bynytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بني”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 116b
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 122
* Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 194
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “بني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 258b
* Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1805) Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, editor, Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-Länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten‎, volume 3, Berlin: G. Reimer, published 1855, page 123
* Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 203
* Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 61, pages 633–640

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بُنِّيّ (bunniyy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bin.ni/, [ˈbɪn.ni]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Adjective

بنّي • (binni) (feminine بنّيّة (binniyye))
* brown

#### See also

* بن (binn, “coffee beans”)
Colors · الألوان (il-ʔalwān) :
| أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”) | أسود (ʔaswad, “black”) |
| أحمر (ʔaḥmar, “red”), خمري (ḵamri, “crimson”) | رمادي (ramādi, “grey”), سكني (sakani, “grey”) |
| بردقاني (burdʔāni, “orange”), بني (binni, “brown”) | أصفر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) |
| أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”) | أزرق (ʔazraʔ, “blue”), كحلي (kuḥli, “navy”) |
| بنفسجي (banafsaji, “violet”), نهدي (nahdi, “purple”) | زهري (zahri, “pink”), ليلكي (lēlaki, “lilac”) |