| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bän |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ba·ni ( bä n )
See table at currency. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Romanian, from Serbo-Croatian b n, lord, from Turkic bayan, very rich person : bay, rich; akin to Turkish bay, rich, gentleman + -an, intensive suff.
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