banya

See also: Banya, bánya, banyà, and bǎnyā

English

Etymology

From Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑːnjə/

Noun
a traditional Russian banya

banya (plural banyas)

  1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
    • 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
      The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan
FWOTD – 26 August 2023

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.

Noun

banya f (plural banyes)

  1. (zoology) horn, antler
    • 1981, Jaume Sisa (lyrics and music), “Nit de Sant Joan”:
      Si mireu les flames del foc de Sant Joan / Li veureu les banyes, el barret i els guants
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (zoology) feeler, antenna
  3. horn (material)
  4. (technology) arcing horn
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

banya

  1. inflection of banyar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) +‎ anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒɲɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧nya
  • Rhymes: -ɲɒ

Noun

banya (plural banyák)

  1. hag, harridan, witch
    Synonyms: boszorkány, boszorka
  2. (obsolete) grandmother
    Synonyms: nagymama, nagyanya

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative banya banyák
accusative banyát banyákat
dative banyának banyáknak
instrumental banyával banyákkal
causal-final banyáért banyákért
translative banyává banyákká
terminative banyáig banyákig
essive-formal banyaként banyákként
essive-modal — —
inessive banyában banyákban
superessive banyán banyákon
adessive banyánál banyáknál
illative banyába banyákba
sublative banyára banyákra
allative banyához banyákhoz
elative banyából banyákból
delative banyáról banyákról
ablative banyától banyáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 banyáé banyáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 banyáéi banyákéi
Possessive forms of banya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. banyám banyáim
2nd person sing. banyád banyáid
3rd person sing. banyája banyái
1st person plural banyánk banyáink
2nd person plural banyátok banyáitok
3rd person plural banyájuk banyáik

References
  1. banya in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • banya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • banya in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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Verb

banya

  1. to sweat, perspire, drop water

References

Portuguese

Noun

banya m or f (plural banyas)

  1. banya (a Russian steam bath)
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