köken: Derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region, probably through Portuguese banana. Further derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana.
köken: From the root ب و ن (b w n), for the interstices between the fingers. Maybe also related to إِبْهَام (ʔibhām, “thumb”). The sense of bananas is from French banane.
köken: (In Iranian Persian and Tajik) Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz), itself a borrowing from Middle Persian. Otherwise Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /mōč/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, “banana flower”), from Malayo-Polynesian (see Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku), from Trans-New Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu) and lastly from…
köken: Borrowed from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Further derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese.
aile: banana de dinamite, banana-comprida, banana-da-terra, banana-pão, bananal, bananão, bananeira, bananinha, embananar, república das bananas
köken: From Portuguese or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana. Cognate with Danish banan, Norwegian Bokmål banan, English banana, Dutch banaan and German Banane.
money; coin · ban (unit of currency, one hundredth of a leu)
çekim: çoğul bani · tamlayan banului
köken: Unknown: * Perhaps from Medieval Latin *bannus (“communication”), perhaps through a German intermediate. * Other theories derive the word from Proto-Slavic *banъ (“master, lord”) (via Serbo-Croatian or Hungarian). * Ultimate Mongolian origin (баян (bajan, “rich lord; plutocrat”)) has also been proposed.