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ب ن ي (b n y)
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بِنَاء (bināʔm (dual بِنَاءَانِ (bināʔāni), plural أَبْنِيَة (ʔabniya))

  1. verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)
  2. (uncountable) building, construction (act of)
  3. (countable) structure (of an organism, etc.)
  4. (countable) building, structure (edifice)
  5. (countable) a tent for residing in the desert[1]
    1. canopy, roof, ceiling
      Synonym: سَقْف (saqf)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:22:

        ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَّٱلسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَّأَنْزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ []

        llaḏī jaʕala lakumu l-ʔarḍa firāšan was-samāʔa bināʔan waʔanzala mina s-samāʔi māʔan faʔaḵraja bihi mina ṯ-ṯamarāti rizqan lakum []
        He Who for you made the land a bed and the firmament a canopy, and sent down rain from the sky. With it then He brought forth of the fruits as sustenance for you; []
  1. ^ Lane, Edward William (1863) “بناء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate

بِنَاءً (bināʔan)

  1. indefinite accusative singular of بِنَاء (bināʔ)

Occupational noun from the verb بَنَى (banā, to build).

بَنَّاء (bannāʔm (dual بَنَّاءَانِ (bannāʔāni), plural بَنَّاؤُون (bannāʔūn), feminine بَنَّاءَة (bannāʔa))

  1. builder
  2. architect

بَنَّاء (bannāʔ) (feminine بَنَّاءَة (bannāʔa), masculine plural بَنَّاؤُون (bannāʔūn), feminine plural بَنَّاءَات (bannāʔāt))

  1. constructive

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاءً (bināʔan), adverbial accusative of بِنَاء (bināʔ).

بناءً (binâʾen)

  1. (conjunctive) consequently, in consequence of (what precedes)

(from the same Arabic root):

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَاءً (bināʔan), adverbial accusative of بِنَاء (bināʔ). By surface analysis, بنا (benâ) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Readings
Classical reading? binā'an
Dari reading? binā'an
Iranian reading? benâ'an
Tajik reading? binoʾan
Dari بناء
Iranian Persian
Tajik биноан

بناءً (benâ'an)

  1. Only used in بناءً علی هٰذا (benâ'an 'alâ hâzâ)

(from the same Arabic root):