بانو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /⁠bānūg⁠/), from Old Persian *bānūka-.[1][2] Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑː.núː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑː.núː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔː.nú]

Readings
Classical reading? bānū
Dari reading? bānū
Iranian reading? bânu
Tajik reading? bonu

Noun

بانو • (bânu) (plural بانوان (bânovân) or بانوها (bânu-hâ))

Dari بانو
Iranian Persian
Tajik бону
  1. lady
    Synonym: خانم (xânom)

Descendants
  • → Georgian: ბანოვანი (banovani) (from the plural)
  • → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)

Proper noun

بانو • (bânu)

  1. a female given name, Banu, Banoo, or Banou, from Middle Persian

Descendants
  • Dari: بانو (bānū)
  • Iranian Persian: بانو (bānū)
  • Tajik: бонӯ (bonü)
  • → Azerbaijani: banu
  • → Bashkir: Баныу (Banıw)
  • → Gujarati: બાનૂ (bānū), બાનુ (bānu)
  • → Hindustani
    Hindi: बानू (bānū), बानो (bāno)
    Urdu: بانُو (bānū), بانو (bānō)
  • → Turkish: Banu

References
  1. “BĀNBIŠN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 15 December 1988
  2. “HAREM i. IN ANCIENT IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 15 December 2003

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بانو (bānū, “lady; queen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بانو • (bānū or bāno) f (Hindi spelling बानू or बानो)

  1. lady, a woman of rank
  2. queen
  3. housewife

References
  • “بانو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “بانو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “بانو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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