بنی آدم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بني آدم (banī ʔādam, “sons of Adam”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.niː ʔɑː.ðam]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.niː ʔɑː.d̪äm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.niː ʔɑː.d̪äm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.niː ʔɑː.d̪äm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ni ʔɔː.d̪äm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.niː ʔɒː.d̪æm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ni ʔɔ.d̪äm]

Readings
Classical reading?	banī āḏam
Dari reading?	banī ādam
Iranian reading?	bani âdam
Tajik reading?	bani odam

Dari	بنی آدم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бани одам

Noun

بنی آدم • (bani ādam)

1. sons of Adam, humans
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 67:

     پس بنی آدم مکرم کی بدی
     کی به حس مشترک محرم شدی‏

     pas banī ādam mukarram kay budī
     kay ba his-i muštarak muharram šudi

     Then how should the sons of Adam have been honoured?
     How by means of the common sense should they have become privileged?

Ushojo

Etymology

From Arabic بني آدم (banī ādam).

Noun

بنی آدم (banī ādam) m

1. human being