Etymology

bonyad

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Today it means: A kind of charitable trust in Iran. Full definition →

Iranian Persian بنیاد
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  1. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromبنیاد“foundation”
  2. English todaybonyad

Borrowed from Iranian Persian بنیاد (bonyâd, “foundation”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.