baniano

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === baniane === Etymology === From Arabic بَنِيَان (baniyān), from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇijá), variant of वणिज् (vaṇíj, “merchant, trader”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === baniano m (plural banianos) banyan (Indian trader, merchant) ==== Descendants ==== → English: banyan === Further reading === “baniano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese baniano. See section above for full etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈnjano/ [baˈnja.no] Rhymes: -ano Syllabification: ba‧nia‧no === Noun === baniano m (plural banianos) banyan === Further reading === “baniano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025