bani

[ bah-nee ]

/ ˈbɑ ni /

noun

plural of ban⁴.

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Definition for bani (2 of 5)

ban

[ ban ]

/ bæn /

verb (used with object), banned, ban·ning.

to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.

Archaic.

to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
to curse; execrate.

noun

the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.

informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.

Law.

a proclamation.
a public condemnation.

Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.

a malediction; curse.

Origin of ban

before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī to speak, Sanskrit bhanati (he) speaks

SYNONYMS FOR ban

1 taboo, outlaw, proscribe.

3 prohibition, proscription, interdict.

3, 4 taboo.

ANTONYMS FOR ban

1 allow.

Related formsban·na·ble, adjectiveun·banned, adjective

Can be confusedband bannedbanns bans

Definition for bani (3 of 5)

ban

[ ban ]

/ bæn /

noun

a public proclamation or edict.

bans, Ecclesiastical. banns.

(in the feudal system)

the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service.
the body of vassals summoned.

Origin of ban

1200–50; Middle English, aphetic variant of iban, Old English gebann proclamation, summons to arms (derivative of bannan ban¹), influenced in some senses by Old French ban, from same Germanic base

Definition for bani (4 of 5)

ban

[ ban, bahn ]

/ bæn, bɑn /

noun

(formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.

History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary.

Origin of ban

1605–15; < Serbo-Croatian bân, contracted from *bojan, *bajan, said to be < a Turkic personal name, perhaps introduced into the Balkans by the Avars; compare Medieval Greek bo(e)ános ban

Definition for bani (5 of 5)

ban

⁴

[ bahn ]

/ bɑn /

noun, plural ba·ni [bah-nee] /ˈbɑ ni/.

a Romanian coin, the 100th part of a leu.

Origin of ban

⁴

1960–65; < Romanian, of uncertain origin, perhaps < Serbo-Croatian bân ban³

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Examples from the Web for bani

Bani Walid had become a center for fugitives from justice.
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The United Nations has expressed concern about the assault on Bani Walid, 105 miles from Tripoli.
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For three days, Bani Walid has come under withering Grad rocket barrages.
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Then the women interfered, and Bani went away for a few days.
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British Dictionary definitions for bani (1 of 4)

bani

/ (ˈbɑːnɪ) /

noun

the plural of ban 3

British Dictionary definitions for bani (2 of 4)

ban

/ (bæn) /

verb bans, banning or banned

(tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbidto ban a book; to ban smoking

(tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people

archaic to curse

noun

an official prohibition or interdiction

law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition

a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry

archaic public censure or condemnation

archaic a curse; imprecation

Word Origin for ban

Old English bannan to proclaim; compare Old Norse banna to forbid, Old High German bannan to command

British Dictionary definitions for bani (3 of 4)

ban

/ (bæn) /

noun

(in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations

Word Origin for ban

C13: from Old French ban, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ban command, Old Norse bann ban 1

British Dictionary definitions for bani (4 of 4)

ban

/ (bæn) /

noun plural bani (ˈbɑːnɪ)

a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu

Word Origin for ban

from Romanian, from Serbo-Croat bān lord

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Word Origin and History for bani (1 of 3)

ban

Old English bannan "to summon, command, proclaim," from Proto-Germanic *bannan "proclaim, command, forbid" (cf. Old High German bannan "to command or forbid under threat of punishment," German bannen "banish, expel, curse"), originally "to speak publicly," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak" (cf. Old Irish bann "law," Armenian ban "word;" see fame (n.)).

Main modern sense of "to prohibit" (late 14c.) is from Old Norse cognate banna "to curse, prohibit," and probably in part from Old French ban, which meant "outlawry, banishment," among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic. The sense evolution in Germanic was from "speak" to "proclaim a threat" to (in Norse, German, etc.) "curse."

The Germanic root, borrowed in Latin and French, has been productive, e.g. banish, bandit, contraband, etc. Related: Banned; banning. Banned in Boston dates from 1920s, in allusion to the excessive zeal and power of that city's Watch and Ward Society.

Word Origin and History for bani (1 of 3)

ban

n.2

"governor of Croatia," from Serbo-Croatian ban "lord, master, ruler," from Persian ban "prince, lord, chief, governor," related to Sanskrit pati "guards, protects." Hence banat "district governed by a ban," with Latinate suffix -atus. The Persian word got into Slavic perhaps via the Avars.

Word Origin and History for bani (2 of 3)

ban

n.1

"edict of prohibition," c.1300, "proclamation or edict of an overlord," from Old English (ge)bann "proclamation, summons, command" and Old French ban, both from Germanic; see ban (v.).