bn

bn

Definition: Common Semitic noun *bn-, son, and feminine derivative *bint-, daughter.

I. Common Semitic *bn-. 1a. bar mitzvah, from Aramaic bar, bound form of bǝrā, son; b. Barabbas, from Aramaic bar-^ɔabbā, son of the father (probably a nickname, or a joking name for a bastard; ^ɔabbā, father; see b); c. Barnabas, from Aramaic bar-nǝbô, son of Nabu (nǝbô, Nabu, Akkadian deity, from Akkadian nabû). 2a. B'nai B'rith, from Hebrew bǝnê, plural bound form of bēn, son; b. Benjamin, from Hebrew binyāmîn, son of the right hand, from bin-, frozen bound form of bēn (yāmîn, right hand, south; see ymn).

II. Common Semitic *bint-. 1a. bat mitzvah, from Hebrew bat (⇐ *batt ⇐ *bitt ⇐ *bint), daughter; b. Bathsheba, from Hebrew bat-šeba^c (see šb). 2. bint, from Arabic bint, daughter.