بینی
See also: بيني
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beyŋi (“brain”); cognate with Azerbaijani beyin, Kazakh ми (mi, “brain”), Kyrgyz мээ (mee, “brain”), Tatar ми (mi, “brain”), Turkmen beýni, Uyghur مىڭە (mi'nge, “brain”), Uzbek miya (“brain”) and Yakut мэйии (meyii, “brain”).
Alternative forms
- بین (beyn)
Noun
بینی • (beyni)
- brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
- Synonyms: دماغ (demağ), مخ (muh), مغز (mağz)
- (by extension) mind, understanding, intellect
Descendants
- Turkish: beyin
- → Armenian: բեյին (beyin), բեյն (beyn)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “beyin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 573
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Cerebrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 170
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “beyin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian بینی (bini, “nose”).
Noun
بینی • (bini)
- nose, a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils
- Synonyms: انف (enf), بورون (burun)
- tip, the extreme end of something, especially when pointed
- Synonyms: انف (enf), بورون (burun)
- headland, cape, promontory, any projecting piece of land
- Synonyms: انف (enf), بورون (burun)
Descendants
- Turkish: bini
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bini3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 615
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Nasus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1117
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1013
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 426
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪 (wēnīg).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /biːniː/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /biːniː/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /biːniː/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /biniː/
Noun
Dari | بینی |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бинӣ (binī) |
بینی • (bini)
- nose
Synonyms
- دماغ (damâgh)