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banī(obl. pl. of ibn, rt. بنی 'to build'), s.m. pl. (used in comp.), Sons, children;—banī-ādam, s.m. Sons of Adam, men, mortals:—banī-isrā`īl, s.m. Children of Israel, Israelites:—banī-jān, s.m. The children of Jān, the Jinn or Genii, the beings who inhabited the world before Adam.
Origin: Arabic