Arabic vocabulary

بُنْيَانbuilding in Arabic

بُنْيَان is how you say “building” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ
He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'
الْبُنْيَانِ — erecting tall buildings. The noun governed by 'in', bearing al- ('the') and in the (genitive) ending the preposition requires. It names the arena of the competition, construction. Definite and case-marked, it closes the picture of them outdoing one another in raising buildings.
From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →

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