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banians
We have found lemma(root) word of banians : banyan.
Definitions
[ˈbanjan], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an Indian fig tree, the branches of which produce wide-ranging aerial roots which later become accessory trunks
- a loose flannel undergarment worn in India
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Origin
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late 16th century: from Portuguese, from Gujarati vāṇiyo ‘man of the trading caste’, from Sanskrit. Originally denoting a Hindu merchant, the term was applied, by Europeans in the mid 17th century, to a tree under which such traders had built a pagoda
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