baniano

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baniane

Etymology

From Arabic بَنِيَان (baniyān), from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇijá), variant of वणिज् (vaṇíj, “merchant, trader”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.niˈɐ̃.nu/ [ba.nɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /baˈnjɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.niˈɐ̃.nu/ [ba.nɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /baˈnjɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.niˈɐ.no/ [ba.nɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /baˈnjɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈnjɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈnjɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈnja.nu/

Noun

baniano m (plural banianos)

1. banyan (Indian trader, merchant)

Descendants

• → English: banyan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese baniano. See section above for full etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnjano/ [baˈnja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ba‧nia‧no

Noun

baniano m (plural banianos)

1. banyan

Further reading

• “baniano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10