Bukhna'i (בוכנאי) means -piston in Hebrew.
It can also mean reciprocating. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בֻּכְנָאִי
bukhna'i
adjective
In English
-piston, reciprocating
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bukhna'i.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בצורת בוכנה; מצויד בבוכנה או בבוכנות.
The word Bukhna'i is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- בֻּכְנָאִי
- Written without vowel points
- בוכנאי
- Said
- bukhna'i
- Plural
- בֻּכְנָאִיִּים
- Feminine form
- בֻּכְנָאִית
- Inflections
- ר' בֻּכְנָאִיִּים, נ' בֻּכְנָאִית, נ"ר בֻּכְנָאִיוֹת
- Gematria
- 89
This is how Bukhna'i is said in other languages.
- English
- -piston, reciprocating
These words rhyme with Bukhna'i.
The word Bukhna'i is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מנוע בוכנאי
- משאבה בוכנאית
- שסתום בוכנאי
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These words come before and after Bukhna'i in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bukhna'i.
What does Bukhna'i (בוכנאי) mean in Hebrew?
Bukhna'i (בוכנאי) means -piston and reciprocating. It is said bukhna'i, with the stress on i.
What rhymes with Bukhna'i (בוכנאי)?
Words that rhyme with Bukhna'i (בוכנאי) include אי, אמצעי, אמצעי, מעי, מקצועי, and ארעי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בכנאי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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