Given name · Persian
بانو
“lady of the house”
بانو (bânu) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: bânu.
Meaning & origin
What it means
بانو goes back to a word meaning “lady of the house.”
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Where it comes from
بانو comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian.
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How it developed
From Old Persian *bānūka-, from Proto-Iranian *bāt-nūka-.
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بانو’s family of names
In Persian usage, بانو shares a linguistic root with the Ancient Greek form Δέσποινα. In Persian usage, بانو can be written in the Roman alphabet as bânu.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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