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Or panbillu.
No etymology can be suggested.

Var. babbirru.
No etymology can be suggested.

Cf. bandillānu ‘paunchy’ (CAD B 79, AHw. 102).
No etymology can be suggested.

Probably from Sum. BANDA₃-da “quotient” (PSD B 83).

No etymology can be suggested.

Derived words: bānû ‘creator, begetter’; binītu ‘creation, creature’; binûtu ‘make-up, form, figure, shape, structure, construction’; biniannu ‘form, figure’; bāntu ‘mother’; bāntiš ‘like a mother, in a motherly way’; nabnītu ‘offspring, progeny, product’; tabnītu ‘offspring; creation’.

Adjective: banû ‘beautiful, good’.
Derived words: babbanû ‘of good quality, beautiful, pleasant, friendly, excellent’ (CAD B 7, AHw. 94); babbanûtu ‘excellence (?)’ (CAD B 7, AHw. 94); banītu ‘good treatment, reward; favorable, laudatory words; good fortune’ (CAD B 80); bānû - creator, begetter (CAD B 94, AHw. 103); banûtu ‘beauty; good breeding, fine bearing’ (CAD B 95, AHw. 103); biniannu - form, figure (CAD B 238, AHw. 126); binītu - creation, creature (CAD B 238, AHw. 126); binûtu - make-up, form, figure, shape, structure, construction (CAD B 243, AHw. 127); bunnû ‘beautifuľ (CAD B 319, AHw. 138); mubannītu ‘Wohltäterin’ (AHw. 1575); mubannû ‘cook (who prepares, arranges and serves food to the gods), temple cook’ (CAD M₂ 158, AHw. 665); tabnītu ‘beautification’ (CAD T 29, AHw. 1299).

Comp. Arb. bny ‘to fatten one’s body, to make it large; to make one’s flesh grow (food)’.

Cf. banû ‘to be(come) good, beautifuľ.

Or. bannu. Akk. bannu has been considered a loanword from Sum. BAN₂ ‘a measure; a container’ (PSD B 81), see Oppenheim 1948:10, fn. 28, AHw. 102, SLOB No. 84. This etymology is rather doubtful (Veenhof 1970:35).