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

• اِبْنَة (ibna)
• اِبْنَت (ibnat) — obsolete
• مِنْت (mint) — Mauritania

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.

Verb

بنت (form I)

1. بِنْتُ (bintu) /bin.tu/: first-person singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)
2. بِنْتَ (binta) /bin.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)
3. بِنْتِ (binti) /bin.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of بَانَ (bāna)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بَنَتْ • (banat) (form I) /ba.nat/

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/

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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

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bint]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪn̪t̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪn̪t̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪn̪t̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bin̪t̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ben̪t̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bin̪t̪]

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):

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Noun

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

1. daughter
2. girl

   Synonym: فتاة (fatā)

See also

• صبيّة (ṣabiyye, “young woman”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪnt̪/

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.