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banān بنان , var. †bunān
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ID 096 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BNː (BNN)
gram
n.
engl
finger tips – WehrCowan1979
conc
Etymology unclear.
hist
▪ eC7 Q 8:12 fa-’ḍribū fawqa l-ʔaʕnāqi wa-’ḍribū min-hum kulla banānin ‘Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger’; 75:4 qādirīna ʕalā ʔan nusawwiya banāna-hū ‘We are able to restore his very fingers!’
cogn
▪ DRS#BNN-4 gives bunān (with u) and the “dial. mér.” forms bannaẗ, bunnaẗ ‘doigt, orteil; longueur ou largeur d’un doigt’.
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Probably unrelated to other items of the root as given by DRS (of which only ↗bunn‑ ‘coffee beans, (unground) coffee’ is still known in MSA), cf. ↗BNN.
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►yušāru ʕalay-hī l-banān, expr., lit.: he is pointed at with fingers, i.e., he is a famous man;
►anā ṭawʕᵃ banānika, expr., I am at your disposal, I am at your service
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