Where does “pna” come from?

pna (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Arabic بَنَى, from Arabic ن, from Arabic نِي.

pna (Cypriot Arabic): to build

Definitions

  1. to build

Ancestry of “pna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَنَىto build, to erect, to construct; to build, to...
2ArabicنSuffix marking the short or long energetic mood...
3Arabicنِي—
Every word from Arabic نِي →Every word from Arabic ن →Every word from Arabic بَنَى →
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