بنت

See also: ثنت

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bent/

Noun

بنت (bent) f (plural بنات (bnāt))

  1. daughter
  2. girl

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bint-. Has the Semitic feminine suffix *-at- added to the root *bin- of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

Cognate with Hebrew בת (bat).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bint/

Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (dual بِنْتَانِ (bintāni), plural بَنَات (banāt), masculine اِبْن (ibn))

  1. female equivalent of اِبْن (ibn, “son, descendant”):
    1. daughter
    2. female descendant
  2. (colloquial) girl
Declension
Declension of noun بِنْت (bint)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بِنْت
bint		 الْبِنْت
al-bint		 بِنْت
bint
Nominative بِنْتٌ
bintun		 الْبِنْتُ
al-bintu		 بِنْتُ
bintu
Accusative بِنْتًا
bintan		 الْبِنْتَ
al-binta		 بِنْتَ
binta
Genitive بِنْتٍ
bintin		 الْبِنْتِ
al-binti		 بِنْتِ
binti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بِنْتَيْن
bintayn		 الْبِنْتَيْن
al-bintayn		 بِنْتَيْ
bintay
Nominative بِنْتَانِ
bintāni		 الْبِنْتَانِ
al-bintāni		 بِنْتَا
bintā
Accusative بِنْتَيْنِ
bintayni		 الْبِنْتَيْنِ
al-bintayni		 بِنْتَيْ
bintay
Genitive بِنْتَيْنِ
bintayni		 الْبِنْتَيْنِ
al-bintayni		 بِنْتَيْ
bintay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بَنَات
banāt		 الْبَنَات
al-banāt		 بَنَات
banāt
Nominative بَنَاتٌ
banātun		 الْبَنَاتُ
al-banātu		 بَنَاتُ
banātu
Accusative بَنَاتٍ
banātin		 الْبَنَاتِ
al-banāti		 بَنَاتِ
banāti
Genitive بَنَاتٍ
banātin		 الْبَنَاتِ
al-banāti		 بَنَاتِ
banāti
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Maltese: bint
  • → English: bint
  • → Swahili: binti

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /bin.tu/

Verb

بِنْتُ • (bintu) (form I)

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

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /bin.ta/

Verb

بِنْتَ • (binta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Pronunciation 3
  • IPA(key): /bin.ti/

Verb

بِنْتِ • (binti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.nat/

Verb

بَنَتْ • (banat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of بَنَى (banā)

Moroccan Arabic
Root
ب ن ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bint/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (bnāt), diminutive بنية (bniyya) or بنوتة (bannūta))

  1. daughter
    Synonym: درية (darriyya)
    Coordinate terms: بن (ben), ولد (wald)
  2. girl (female child)
    Synonym: درية (darriyya)
    Coordinate term: ولد (wald)
  3. young woman

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (banāt))

  1. daughter
  2. girl (female child)
  3. a female teenager or young woman, chiefly unmarried
    Synonym: صبيه (ṣabīye)

Usage notes
  • See ولاد (wlād), شب (šabb), and صبيه (ṣabīye) for relevant notes.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? bint
Dari reading? bint
Iranian reading? bent
Tajik reading? bint

Noun
Dari بنت
Iranian Persian
Tajik бинт

بنت • (bent)

  1. daughter
  2. girl

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ب ن ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bint/, [bɪnt]
  • Audio (Jerusalem)(file)

Noun

بنت • (bint) f (plural بنات (banāt), masculine ابن (ʔibn))

  1. daughter
  2. girl
    Synonym: فتاة (fatā)

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِنْت • (bint) f (Hindi spelling बिंत)

  1. daughter
    Synonym: بیٹی (beṭī)

References
  • “بنت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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