Arabic vocabulary
بِنْتَ is how you say “daughter of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُنَّ دَعَوْنَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
Then indeed they called for Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
بِنْتَ — daughter of. A noun in apposition, set beside the previous name to add a description of the same person, 'the daughter of...'. It matches the name it explains in case and heads a possessive pairing with 'the Messenger', identifying whose daughter she is.
From: Wives of the Prophet →فَأَرْسَلْنَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ،
So they sent Zaynab, the daughter of Jahsh.
بِنْتَ — daughter of. A noun in apposition, set beside the name to describe the same person, 'the daughter of...'; it matches the name in case and heads a possessive pairing with 'Jahsh', telling whose daughter she is.
From: Wives of the Prophet →OpenArabic teaches words like بِنْتَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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