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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ban•ian (ban′yən),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologybanyan.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: banian /ˈbænjən/ n - a variant spelling of banyan
ban•yan /ˈbænyən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologyan East Indian fig tree with branches that send out roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ban•yan (ban′yən),USA pronunciation n. - Plant BiologyAlso called ban′yan tree′. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
- British EmpireAlso, bania, baniya. (in India)
- a Hindu trader or merchant of a particular caste, the rules of which forbid eating flesh.
- a loose shirt, jacket, or gown.
Also, banian. - Gujarati vāṇiyo (singular) or vāṇiyā (plural) member of the merchant caste (compare Prakrit vāṇiaya, Sanskrit vāṇija trader); the tree is said to have taken its name from a particular tree of the species near which merchants had built a booth; source of final nasal uncertain
- Arabic)
- Portuguese (perh.
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: banyan, banian /ˈbænjən/ n - a moraceous tree, Ficus benghalensis, of tropical India and the East Indies, having aerial roots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
- a member of the Hindu merchant caste of N and W India
- a loose-fitting shirt, jacket, or robe, worn originally in India
Etymology: 16th Century: from Hindi baniyā, from Sanskrit vānija merchant |