- plural of ban.
bani
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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By then—that would have been 1995—the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rab- bani, and the Mujahedin.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
In the true Bedouin spirit he devoted his talent largely to satire and attacked the bani Nahshal and the bani Fuqaim.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Our present copy is a tablet from the library of a later king, seemingly Ashur bani apal.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
He was of the Dārim, one of the most respected divisions of the bani Tamīm, and his mother was of the tribe of Ḍabba.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
For the period after the reign of Ashur bani apal, we have only the scantiest data.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
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