Banian

Definitions: Banian

Banian

Noun

1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.

2. A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India.

Date "banian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references)

Etymology: Banian \Ban"ian\, noun. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as market place by the merchants.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Banian or ~~~Banyan Banyan (A). A loose coat (Anglo-Indian). "His coat was brownish black perhaps of yore, In summer time a banyan loose he wore." Lowell: Fitz Adam's Story (stanza 15). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Banian

Synonyms: banian tree (n), banyan (n), banyan tree (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Banian

English words defined with "banian": Banian days, banian tree. (references)

Specialty definitions using "banian": Jour Maigre. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Banian" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (banyan), Manx (banian).

Expressions using "banian": Banian days ♦ banian tree. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "banian": banian-day, banian-hospital.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "banian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏طائفة تمتنع عن أكل اللحم (banian-hospital). (various references)

Bulgarian		халат (dressing gown, wrap, wrapper), търговец индус, посредник (agent, ambassador, banyan, broker, factor, go between, intercessor, intermediary, mediator, middleman, moderator, negotiant, negotiator, umpire). (various references)

Greek		ινδοσύκη (banyan), χιτώνασ ίνδου. (various references)

Hungarian		pongyola (deshabille, dressing gown, dressing-gown, floppy, housecoat, morning dress, negligee, peignoir, sloppy, tea-gown, undress, wrapper), háziruha (housedress, undress), hálóköntös (negligee). (various references)

Manx		delleyder Hindooagh, banian. (various references)

Pig Latin		anianbay.(various references)

Russian		индус-торговец (banyan). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrsta drveta (assegai, banyan, pagoda tree). (various references)

Swedish		köpman (business man, merchant, trader). (various references)

Turkish		bengal'deki şirket temsilcisi, hintli tüccar, flanel ceket. (various references)

Ukranian		індус-торговець, халат (coat, nightgown, night-rail, robe), маклер (banyan, broker, huckster). (various references)

Vietnamese		nh� buôn người Ân áo ngủ (banyan). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "banian": banians. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "banian" (pronounced 'Ban"ian'): Arundelian, Berkeleian, Brazilian, Castilian, Cataian, Civilian, Cornelian, Dedalian, Hawaiian, Hygeian, Julian, Leguleian, Maian, Maximilian, Pompeian, Tarpeian. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-n-n"
	-2 letters: anna, bani, naan, nana.
	-3 letters: aba, ain, ana, ani, baa, ban, bin, inn, nab, nan, nib.
	-4 letters: aa, ab, ai, an, ba, bi, in, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-n-n"
	+1 letter: banians.
	+2 letters: biannual, brainpan, cannabic, cannabin, cannabis, cannibal, cinnabar, rainband.
	+3 letters: antiurban, balancing, bandaging, banjaxing, brainpans, brannigan, cannabins, cannibals, carbanion, cinnabars, rainbands, trainband.
	+4 letters: abandoning, abnegating, abnegation, abstaining, antibaryon, badinaging, banalizing, bargaining, biannually, binational, brannigans, cannabinol, cannabises, carbanions, incunabula, inhabitant, interabang, trainbands.
	+5 letters: abnegations, abominating, abomination, antibaryons, backhanding, balkanizing, cannabinoid, cannabinols, cannibalise, cannibalism, cannibalize, carbonating, carbonation, cinnabarine, containable, inalienable, inalienably, inenarrable, inhabitancy, inhabitants, interabangs, nonabrasive, rebalancing, sandbagging, subnational, unalienable, unbalancing, unbandaging, vagabonding.
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