# بنت
## Algerian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bent/

### Noun

بنت (bent) f (plural بنات (bnāt))
* daughter
* girl

## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bint-. Has the Semitic feminine suffix *-at- added to the root *bin- of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).
Cognate with Hebrew בת (bat).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bint/

#### Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (dual بِنْتَانِ (bintāni), plural بَنَات (banāt), masculine اِبْن (ibn))
* female equivalent of اِبْن (ibn, “son, descendant”):
** daughter
** female descendant
* (colloquial) girl

##### Alternative forms

* اِبْنَة (ibna)
* اِبْنَت (ibnat) — obsolete
* مِنْت (mint) — Mauritania

##### Descendants

* Maltese: bint
* → English: bint
* → Swahili: binti

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “بن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بنت (form I)
* بِنْتُ (bintu) /bin.tu/: first-person singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)
* بِنْتَ (binta) /bin.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)
* بِنْتِ (binti) /bin.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بَنَتْ • (banat) (form I) /ba.nat/
* third-person feminine singular past active of بَنَى (banā)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bint/

#### Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (banāt))
* girl
    Synonym: (somewhat rude) بتّ (bitt)
* daughter

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.nit/, /ba.nat/

#### Verb

بنت • (banit or banat)
* third-person feminine singular past of بنى (bana)

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ب ن ت
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bint/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (bnāt), diminutive بنية (bniyya) or بنوتة (bannūta))
* daughter
    Synonym: درية (darriyya)
    Coordinate terms: بن (ben), ولد (wald)
* girl (female child)
    Synonym: درية (darriyya)
    Coordinate term: ولد (wald)
* young woman

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (banāt))
* daughter
* girl (female child)
* a female teenager or young woman, chiefly unmarried
    Synonym: صبيه (ṣabīye)

#### Usage notes

* See ولاد (wlād), شب (šabb), and صبيه (ṣabīye) for relevant notes.

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bint]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɪn̪t̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɪn̪t̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bɪn̪t̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bin̪t̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ben̪t̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bin̪t̪]

### Noun

| Dari | بنت |
| Iranian Persian | بنت |
| Tajik | бинт |
بنت • (bent)
* daughter
* girl

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ب ن ت
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bint/, [bɪnt]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

### Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (banāt), masculine ابن (ʔibn))
* daughter
* girl
    Synonym: فتاة (fatā)

#### See also

* صبيّة (ṣabiyye, “young woman”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɪnt̪/

### Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (Hindi spelling बिंत)
* daughter
    Synonym: بیٹی (beṭī)

### References

* “بنت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “بنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.