BANIA

Meaning of BANIA in English

or banian

variant of banyan

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BANIA — /ban"yeuh/ , n. banyan (def. 2). Also, baniya /ban"yeuh, -ee euh/ . [ 1590-1600 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BANIA — also spelled Baniya, (from Sanskrit vanijya, trade), Indian caste consisting generally of moneylenders or merchants, found chiefly in northern and …
Britannica English vocabulary
BANIA — / ˈbʌnjə; NAmE / noun ( IndE ) 1. a person who sells things 2. ( disapproving ) a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BANIAN — I. see bania II. noun see banyan
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BANYAN — /ban"yeuhn/ , n. 1. Also called banyan tree . an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BANJO
Britannica English vocabulary
AGARWALA — important mercantile caste in India, belonging to that group of merchants, bankers, landowners, and shopkeepers that are called Bania in …
Britannica English vocabulary
BANNIK — [Other] Spirit of the bathhouse (bania) in Russian and Ukrainian folklore; at times, the bannik had a female companion, known …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

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