बनाना

See also: बनना and Appendix:Variations of "banana"

Hindi

FWOTD – 1 November 2015

Etymology

Hindi verb set
बनना (bannā)
बनाना (banānā)
बनवाना (banvānā)

Regular causative form of बनना (bannā). Compare Marathi बनवणे (banavṇe).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bə.nɑː.nɑː/, [bɐ.näː.näː]

Verb

बनाना • (banānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling بَنَانَا)

  1. to make, create, produce
    मशीनें बनाना ― maśīnẽ banānā ― to make machines
    खानें आज क्या बनाओगे? ― khānẽ āj kyā banāoge? ― What will you make for dinner today?
    • 2004, ज्ञान चतुर्वेदी [jñān caturvedī], खामोश! नंगे हमाम में हैं [khāmoś! naṅge hamām mẽ ha͠i, Silence! I'm in the bathroom naked], Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 41:
      बनाना, दाई बनाना, आइसक्रीम बनाना, आलू बने टिजिया बनाना, पतंग बनाना अथवा यर बैठे जाती नोट बनाना । इनके बनाने की देसी विधियेंत् सुलभ हैं अम अ/जमाई हुई हैं । ये गलत नहीं अनेन ।
      banānā, dāī banānā, āisakrīm banānā, ālū bane ṭijiyā banānā, pataṅg banānā athvā yar baiṭhe jātī noṭ banānā . inke banāne kī desī vidhiyẽt sulabh ha͠i am a/jamāī huī ha͠i . ye galat nahī̃ anen .
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    • 2011, भगवान सिंह [bhagvān sĩh], हड़प्पा सभ्यता और वैदिक साहित्य [haṛappā sabhyatā aur vaidik sāhitya, The Harappa Civilization and Vedic Literature], Radhakrishna Prakashan Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 431:
      वही लोगों को हथियार बनाना, जीन बनाना, लगाम बनाना, औजार बनाना, सूती, ऊनी व रेशमी सूत कातना और वस्त्र बुनना...
      vahī logõ ko hathiyār banānā, jīn banānā, lagām banānā, aujār banānā, sūtī, ūnī va reśmī sūt kātnā aur vastra bunnā...
      ...those same people [who] make weapons, make saddles, make tools, cotton, those who cut silk yarn and make clothing...
  2. to cause to be, make
    उल्लू बनाना ― ullū banānā ― to make into a fool
    जहाज़ का कप्तान बनाना ― jahāz kā kaptān banānā ― to make into the captain of the ship
    दोस्त बनाना ― dost banānā ― to make friends
  3. to turn into, form
    झूठ को सच बनाना ― jhūṭh ko sac banānā ― to make a lie true

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