Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُبْتَنًى

Root: بنى

Full Definition

مُبْتَنًى [pass. part. n. of اِبْتَنَاهُ] is used in the place of the Verbal.Noun [of that verb, agreeably with many other instances, or accord. to a common licence], meaning The act of building, framing, or constructing.


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