banian.

/ˈbʌnjə/

Forms: Also ban(i)ya, buneeya, bunia, buniar; bunneah, bunnia, bunniah, bunnya.

Etymology: < Hindi banyā, < Gujarati vāniya (see banian n.).

India.

A trader or merchant. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > Indian

Seth1740

bania1790

mudalali1855

1790 Guthrie's New Geogr. Gram. (rev. ed.) II. 679 The tribe of Beise, who are chiefly merchants, brokers, and banias or shopkeepers.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 33/2 Some of the Banyás are Awaks, or seceders from the Brahmanical faith.

1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 77 The native bunniahs..do not give long credit.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 760/1 In the interior of the Bombay Presidency, business is mainly divided between two classes, the Baniyas of Guzerat and the Marwaris from Rajputana.

1926 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 799/1 The Hindu Bunia in remote villages is still bullied by the wealthy zamindar of the neighbourhood.

1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. liii. 432 The bania civilisation of the capitalist West.

1945 ‘P. Woodruff’ Call Next Witness i. 30 Banias reckoning the day's gains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bania
释义	banian. /ˈbʌnjə/ Forms: Also ban(i)ya, buneeya, bunia, buniar; bunneah, bunnia, bunniah, bunnya. Etymology: < Hindi banyā, < Gujarati vāniya (see banian n.). India. A trader or merchant. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > Indian Seth1740 bania1790 mudalali1855 1790 Guthrie's New Geogr. Gram. (rev. ed.) II. 679 The tribe of Beise, who are chiefly merchants, brokers, and banias or shopkeepers. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 33/2 Some of the Banyás are Awaks, or seceders from the Brahmanical faith. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 77 The native bunniahs..do not give long credit. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 760/1 In the interior of the Bombay Presidency, business is mainly divided between two classes, the Baniyas of Guzerat and the Marwaris from Rajputana. 1926 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 799/1 The Hindu Bunia in remote villages is still bullied by the wealthy zamindar of the neighbourhood. 1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. liii. 432 The bania civilisation of the capitalist West. 1945 ‘P. Woodruff’ Call Next Witness i. 30 Banias reckoning the day's gains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1790
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