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بُنَىّ

banī

(the) Children

বনী

Root letters: ب ن يAppears 80 times in the Qur'an#136 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 14

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ب ن ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)يَـٰبُنَىَّ6 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)بَنِىٓ74 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • بَنِىٓ(from the) Childrenbanī · 31 times
  • يَـٰبَنِىٓO Childrenyābanī · 10 times
  • يَـٰبُنَىَّO my sonyābunayya · 6 times
  • وَبَنِينَand sonswabanīna · 6 times
  • لِّبَنِىٓfor (the) Childrenlibanī · 4 times
  • يَـٰبَنِىَّO my sonsyābaniyya · 3 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ب ن ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

Surah 26:133 — Read full ayah

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

Surah 26:59 — Read full ayah

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

Surah 37:153 — Read full ayah