Arabic

Verb

بِنَّا • ‎(binnā) ‎(form I)

1. first-person plural past active of بَانَ ‎(bāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

بنا • ‎(bina)

1. building

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

بنا • ‎(banâ)

1. building

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit विना ‎(vinā).

Preposition

بنا • ‎(binā) ‎(Hindi spelling बिना) (postposition and preposition)

1. without, prepared without

Usage notes

• بنا is one of the few Urdu prepositions.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “بنا”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.