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Old Persian roots
Language context for this entry: Persian
[bɑː.nóː] · Persian (Dari, formal)
01 / Meaning & origin
بانو is a feminine given name documented in Persian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Persian *bānūka- via Middle Persian.
2 source accounts
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
源自中古波斯語 [需要書冊巴列維文] (bʾnwk'), [需要摩尼字母] (bʾnwg /bānūg/) ← 原始伊朗語 *dáms-páθnīH (對比阿維斯陀語 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (dəmąnō.paθnī), 北庫爾德語 banî) ← 原始印歐語 *déms pótnih₂ (“女房主”) (對比古希臘語 δέσποινᾰ (déspoină，“女士”))，*déms pótis (“房主”)的陰性形，也是مانبد (Mânbod)的來源。
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