"بنان" meaning in Arabic

See بنان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ba.naːn/
Etymology: From the root ب و ن (b w n), for the interstices between the fingers. Maybe also related to إِبْهَام (ʔibhām, “thumb”). The sense of bananas is from French banane. Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ب و ن}} ب و ن (b w n), {{sl|ar|fr|banane|notext=1}} French banane Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|-|pl=بَنَان}} Forms: بَنَان [canonical], banān [romanization], بَنَانَة [feminine, singulative], no-table-tags [table-tags], بَنَان [broken-form, indefinite, informal, plural, triptote], الْبَنَان [broken-form, definite, informal, plural, triptote], بَنَان [broken-form, construct, informal, plural, triptote], بَنَانٌ [broken-form, indefinite, nominative, plural, triptote], الْبَنَانُ [broken-form, definite, nominative, plural, triptote], بَنَانُ [broken-form, construct, nominative, plural, triptote], بَنَانًا [accusative, broken-form, indefinite, plural, triptote], الْبَنَانَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, plural, triptote], بَنَانَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, plural, triptote], بَنَانٍ [broken-form, genitive, indefinite, plural, triptote], الْبَنَانِ [broken-form, definite, genitive, plural, triptote], بَنَانِ [broken-form, construct, genitive, plural, triptote]
  1. the fingertips or fingers Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-بنان-ar-noun-wOmvZqua
  2. (Modern Standard Arabic, Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia) banana Tags: Arabic, Mauritania, Modern, Morocco, Standard, collective Categories (lifeform): Fruits, Zingiberales order plants Synonyms: مَوْز
    Sense id: en-بنان-ar-noun-tJPUg2Sv Disambiguation of Fruits: 33 67 Disambiguation of Zingiberales order plants: 33 67 Categories (other): Algerian Arabic, Mauritanian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic pluralia tantum, Arabic terms belonging to the root ب و ن, Moroccan Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 22 78 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 22 78 Disambiguation of Arabic pluralia tantum: 30 70 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ب و ن: 13 87 Disambiguation of Moroccan Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 17 81 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 60 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 61 1 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: بَنَام — from ʿUmar ibn ʾAbī Rabīʿa (banām), بَنَّة (banna) [Yemen], plural بِنَان and بَنَّات (bannāt) 
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          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:3-4:",
          "text": "أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝ بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ",
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    {
      "roman": "bannāt",
      "word": "plural بِنَان and بَنَّات"
    }
  ],
  "word": "بنان"
}

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