# بنا
## Arabic
### Verb

بِنَّا • (binnā) (form I) /bin.naː/
* first-person plural past active of بَانَ (bāna)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

#### Noun

بنا • (binâ)
* building

##### Related terms

* بناءً (binâʾen)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: bina
* → Laz: ბინა (bina)
* → Romanian: bina

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

#### Noun

بنا • (bennâ)
* bricklayer

##### Descendants

* Turkish: benna

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bi.ˈnɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bɪ.nɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bi.nɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [be.nɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bi.nɔ́]

#### Noun

| Dari | بنا |
| Iranian Persian | بنا |
| Tajik | бино |
بنا • (benâ)
* building

##### Related terms

* بناءً (benâ'an)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, “builder”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ban.ˈnɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bän.nɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bän.nɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bän.nɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bän.nɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bæn.nɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bän.nɔ́]

#### Noun

| Dari | بنا |
| Iranian Persian | بنا |
| Tajik | банно |
بنا • (bannâ)
* bricklayer

### References

* Hayyim, Sulayman. New Persian-English dictionary. [Teheran, Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim] 1934-1936.

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀸 (viṇā), from Sanskrit विना (vínā). Doublet of وِنَا (vinā), a tatsama. Cognate with Punjabi ਬਿਨ (bin) / بِن (bin), Mewari वना (vanā) Kachchi વિણ- (viṇa-), Marathi बिन- (bin-).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɪ.nɑː/

#### Preposition

بِنا • (binā) (Hindi spelling बिना) (postposition and preposition)
* without, prepared without

##### Usage notes

* بِنا (binā) is one of the few Urdu prepositions.

##### Derived terms

* کے بِنا (ke binā)

#### References

* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِنا (binā), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɪ.nɑː/

#### Noun

بِنا • (binā) f (Hindi spelling बिना)
* building, structure, edifice; foundation, basis, base; ground, footing, motive; root, source, origin; beginning, commencement

##### Derived terms

* بنا بر
* بنا برین
* بنا ڈالنا

#### References

* “بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنّا, from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bən.nɑː/

#### Noun

بَنّا • (bannā) m (Hindi spelling बन्ना)
* mason, builder

#### References

* “بنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “بنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.