banyan

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English - Turkish
banyan ağacı
{i} hint inciri
{i} hint tüccarı
banyan
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Related Terms

banyan tree
banyan ağacı
Turkish - Turkish
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Banyan inciri
English - English
An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer
A type of loose gown worn in India
A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots
a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
{i} East Indian fig tree
A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, that has many aerial roots
Unusually shaped tree (Ficus benghalensis, or F. indica) of the fig genus in the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia. Aerial roots that develop from its branches descend and take root in the soil to become new trunks. The banyan reaches a height of up to 100 ft (30 m) and spreads laterally indefinitely. One tree may in time assume the appearance of a very dense thicket as a result of the tangle of roots and trunks
a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men

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banyan day
In British naval tradition, this originally referred to a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship
banyan day
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew
banyan days
plural form of banyan day
banyans
plural of banyan
Turkish - English
(Tabiat Doğa) (bitki, Fam: dutgiller,tutiye) [syn.: banyan, Bengal incir ağacı] banyan
banyan

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banyan inciri
Banyan fig
banyan ağacı
banyan
banyan

    Hyphenation

    ban·yan

    Turkish pronunciation

    bänyın

    Synonyms

    banyan tree

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbanyən/ /ˈbænjən/

    Etymology

    [ 'ban-y&n ] (noun.) 1634. From Portuguese banian, from Arabic بنيان, from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo, “merchant”), from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇijá), from earlier वणिज् (vaṇíj, “merchant, trader”). The name appears to have been first bestowed popularly on a famous tree of this species growing near Bandar Abbas, under which the Bannians or Hindu traders settled at that port, had built a little pagoda.1903, Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson, A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive., London: J. Murray:
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