பனியன்

Tamil

Etymology

From English banyan or banian, a borrowing from Tamil வணிகன் (vaṇikaṉ), வாணியன் (vāṇiyaṉ) or from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo), through Portuguese baniano, from Arabic بَنِيَان (baniyān), ultimately from Sanskrit वणिज् (vaṇij).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɐnɪjɐn/

Noun

பனியன் • (paṉiyaṉ) (plural பனியன்கள்)

vest, undershirt
Synonyms: உடுப்பு (uṭuppu), உட்சட்டை (uṭcaṭṭai), உள்ளாடை (uḷḷāṭai)
(colloquial) t-shirt

References

S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “பனியன்”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page

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