different between bannian vs banyan

English

Noun

bannian (plural bannians)

1. Archaic spelling of banyan.

English

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Alternative forms

• banian, bannian

Etymology

From Portuguese baniano, from Arabic ????????? (baniy?n), from Gujarati ?????? (v??iyo, “merchant”), from Sanskrit ????? (v??ijá), from earlier ????? (va?íj, “merchant, trader”). The name appears to have been first bestowed popularly on a famous tree of this species growing near Bandar Abbas, under which the Bannians or Hindu traders settled at that port, had built a little pagoda. Doublet of bunnia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?bæn.j?n/

Noun

banyan (plural banyans)

1. An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
2. A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
3. A type of loose gown worn in India.
4. (India) A vest; an undershirt; a singlet.
5. (Britain, Naval slang, dated) A camping excursion on shore, to give a ship's crew a break from shipboard routine.

Synonyms

• (tropical Indian fig tree): banyan tree

Translations

See also

• Banyan#Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Banyan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References