banya

From Russian ба́ня f (bánja).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːnjə/

a traditional Russian banya

banya (plural banyas)

1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and formerly also Alaska).
   • 1986, Marc Polonsky; Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:

     The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.

• bayan

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɲə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɲa/

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.

banya f (plural banyes)

1. horn (animal’s head)

• banyut

See the etymology of the main entry.

banya

1. third-person singular present indicative form of banyar
2. second-person singular imperative form of banyar

• “banya” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “banya” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “banya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “banya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒɲɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧nya

banya (plural banyák)

1. hag, harridan, witch

banya m or f (in variation) (plural banyas)

1. banya (a Russian steam bath)