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بُنِّىٌّ

Root: بن

Full Definition

بُنِّىٌّ A seller of بُنّ [or coffee-berries].

def.2 Also, [vulgarly pronounced بِنِّى,] A species of fish; [the cyprinus Bynni of Forskål; described by him in his Descr. Anim. p. 71;] it is white, and is the best kind [of fish], and abundant in the Nile.
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