ابن

See also: أبن, أثن, اثن, أتن, and آتن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bin-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ibn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

اِبْن • (ibn) m (plural أَبْنَاء (ʔabnāʔ) or بَنُون (banūn) or بَنَات (banāt), feminine اِبْنَة (ibna) or بِنْت (bint))

  1. son
    بُنَيَّ/بُنَيَّتِي ― bunayya/bunayyatī ― my dear son/daughter (diminutive)
    اِبْنُ آدَمَ ― ibnu ʔādama ― human (literally, “son of Adam”)
  2. descendant, scion
  3. offspring, son of the fatherland
  4. member (of a group or set of people or things)
Usage notes
  • The plural بَنَات (banāt) is used as the plural of اِبْن (ibn) if and only if the referents are things or non-human animals.
Declension
Declension of noun اِبْن (ibn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِبْن
ibn		 الِابْن
al-ibn		 اِبْن
ibn
Nominative اِبْنٌ
ibnun		 الِابْنُ
al-ibnu		 اِبْنُ
ibnu
Accusative اِبْنًا
ibnan		 الِابْنَ
al-ibna		 اِبْنَ
ibna
Genitive اِبْنٍ
ibnin		 الِابْنِ
al-ibni		 اِبْنِ
ibni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِبْنَيْن
ibnayn		 الِابْنَيْن
al-ibnayn		 اِبْنَيْ
ibnay
Nominative اِبْنَانِ
ibnāni		 الِابْنَانِ
al-ibnāni		 اِبْنَا
ibnā
Accusative اِبْنَيْنِ
ibnayni		 الِابْنَيْنِ
al-ibnayni		 اِبْنَيْ
ibnay
Genitive اِبْنَيْنِ
ibnayni		 الِابْنَيْنِ
al-ibnayni		 اِبْنَيْ
ibnay
Plural basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَبْنَاء‎; بَنِين‎; بَنَات
ʔabnāʔ‎; banīn‎; banāt		 الْأَبْنَاء‎; الْبَنِين‎; الْبَنَات
al-ʔabnāʔ‎; al-banīn‎; al-banāt		 أَبْنَاء‎; بَنِي‎; بَنَات
ʔabnāʔ‎; banī‎; banāt
Nominative أَبْنَاءٌ‎; بَنُونَ‎; بَنَاتٌ
ʔabnāʔun‎; banūna‎; banātun		 الْأَبْنَاءُ‎; الْبَنُونَ‎; الْبَنَاتُ
al-ʔabnāʔu‎; al-banūna‎; al-banātu		 أَبْنَاءُ‎; بَنُو‎; بَنَاتُ
ʔabnāʔu‎; banū‎; banātu
Accusative أَبْنَاءً‎; بَنِينَ‎; بَنَاتٍ
ʔabnāʔan‎; banīna‎; banātin		 الْأَبْنَاءَ‎; الْبَنِينَ‎; الْبَنَاتِ
al-ʔabnāʔa‎; al-banīna‎; al-banāti		 أَبْنَاءَ‎; بَنِي‎; بَنَاتِ
ʔabnāʔa‎; banī‎; banāti
Genitive أَبْنَاءٍ‎; بَنِينَ‎; بَنَاتٍ
ʔabnāʔin‎; banīna‎; banātin		 الْأَبْنَاءِ‎; الْبَنِينَ‎; الْبَنَاتِ
al-ʔabnāʔi‎; al-banīna‎; al-banāti		 أَبْنَاءِ‎; بَنِي‎; بَنَاتِ
ʔabnāʔi‎; banī‎; banāti
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: ابن (ibin)
  • Maltese: iben
  • Moroccan Arabic: بن (bin)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ib.ni/

Verb

اِبْنِ • (ibni) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَنَى (banā)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Aleppo) /ʔibn/, [ˈʔɨbən]
  • IPA(key): (Beirut) /ʔibn/, [ˈʔɪb(ɪ)n]

Noun

ابن • (ibin) m (plural ولاد (wlād) or صبيان (ṣibyān, ṣubyān))

  1. son

Usage notes
  • The plural ولاد (wlād) can mean “sons” specifically, but also “children” in general. The alternative plural is used to explicitly specify the masculine.

See also

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? iḇn
Dari reading? ibn
Iranian reading? ebn
Tajik reading? ibn

Noun

اِبن • (ebn)

  1. ibn; a word meaning "son", used only in patronymic names and certain literary expressions borrowed from Arabic.
    ابن سینا ― ebn-e sinâ ― Avicenna
    ابن عربی ― ebn-e 'arabi ― Ibn Arabi
    ابن هیثم ― ebn-e heysam ― Ibn al-Haytham

Usage notes
  • In names, it is used with the ezâfe.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔibn/, [ʔi.b(ɪ)n]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Noun

ابن • (ʔibn) m (plural ولاد (wlād), feminine بنت (bint))

  1. son
    Synonym: ولد (walad)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابن (ibn), from Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِبْن • (ibn) m (Hindi spelling इब्न)

  1. son, child
  2. offspring
  3. slave

References
  • “ابن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ابن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Yemeni Arabic

Noun

ابن (ibn, ubn) m (plural بني (banī))

  1. son
  2. side-branch of a tree

References
  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 39b–40b
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