Definitions for bani

bani ba·ni

Spelling: [bah-nee]
IPA: /ˈbɑ ni/

Bani is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in bani (abin).

Definitions for bani

noun

  1. plural of ban4 .
  2. the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
  3. informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion:
  4. Law. a proclamation. a public condemnation.
  5. Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.
  6. a malediction; curse.
  7. a public proclamation or edict.
  8. bans, Ecclesiastical. banns.
  9. the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service. the body of vassals summoned.
  10. (formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.
  11. History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary.
  12. a Romanian coin, the 100th part of a leu.

verb (used with object)

  1. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict:
  2. Archaic. to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate.

Origin of bani

before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin t

Examples for bani

The United Nations has expressed concern about the assault on bani Walid, 105 miles from Tripoli.

The war of Basús has been already alluded to under bani Bakr.

There are no good authorities for the war at Muraisi with the bani Mustalik.

He lived by chewing one pice worth of gram and lodged the rest of his earnings with a bani.

But they admitted many hardcore bani Walid fighters had slipped away during the night.

Then the women interfered, and bani went away for a few days.

The already existent ill will between the two tribes increased last year when bani Walid sided with Gaddafi during the uprising.

bani Walid had become a center for fugitives from justice.

For three days, bani Walid has come under withering Grad rocket barrages.

Zerbanitum, as though compounded of zer (seed), and bani (create).

Word Value for bani
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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