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bānī(act. part. of بنی 'to build,' etc.), s.m. Builder, architect, framer, founder, author, composer, inventor, contriver; source, origin; beginner, instigator; bānī-kār, s.m. Builder, etc.=bānī;—adj. & s.m. Skilful, clever, expert (in, -meṅ), astute;—consummate rogue, clever rascal; swindler, sharper:—bānī-kārī, s.f. Building, architecture; composition; commencing a business; instigation; astuteness; rascality.
Origin: Arabic