See also: تظن

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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From the root ب ط ن (b-ṭ-n). Cognate with Hebrew בֶּטֶן (béten, stomach), Aramaic בטנא (baṭnā, womb), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎉𐎐 (bṭn, to be pregnant).

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بَطْن (baṭnm (plural بُطُون (buṭūn) or أَبْطُن (ʔabṭun))

  1. stomach, abdomen
  2. womb
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:32:
      هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
      huwa ʔaʕlamu bikum ʔiḏ ʔanšaʔakum mina l-ʔarḍi waʔiḏ ʔantum ʔajinnatun fī buṭūni ʔummahātikum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. interior
  4. depth
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Etymology 1.2

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Adjective

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بَطِن (baṭin)

  1. big-bellied, pot-bellied
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Etymology 1.3

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Verb

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بَطَنَ (baṭana) I (non-past يَبْطُنُ (yabṭunu), verbal noun بَطْن (baṭn) or بُطُون (buṭūn))

  1. to be concealed, to be hidden
  2. to enter, to become familiar [with مِن (min) ‘among a group’]
  3. (transitive) to enter (a valley, a house, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to know, to become familiar with (an issue, a person, etc.)
  5. to afflict [with بِ (bi) ‘someone’] (of a disease)
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Etymology 1.4

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  • IPA(key): /ba.tˤu.na/, /ba.tˤi.na/

Verb

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بَطُنَ (baṭuna) I (non-past يَبْطُنُ (yabṭunu), verbal noun بَطَانَة (baṭāna))
بَطِنَ (baṭina) I (non-past يَبْطَنُ (yabṭanu), verbal noun بَطَن (baṭan))

  1. to be big-bellied, to be paunchy
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Etymology 1.5

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بَطَنَ (baṭana) I (non-past يَبْطُنُ (yabṭunu), verbal noun بَطْن (baṭn))

  1. to strike (someone's) belly
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Etymology 1.6

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بَطَّنَ (baṭṭana) II (non-past يُبَطِّنُ (yubaṭṭinu), verbal noun تَبْطِين (tabṭīn))

  1. to fill, to line, to inlay
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References

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  • بطن” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “بطن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 132
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بطن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ب ط ن
2 terms

Etymology 1

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From Arabic بَطْن (baṭn).

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Noun

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بطن (baṭinf (construct state بَطْن (baṭn), plural بُطون (buṭūn))

  1. stomach, abdomen
    بَطْني تِوْجَعْني
    baṭni tiwjaʕni
    My stomach hurts
  2. interior
  3. depth
  4. womb

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَطَّن (baṭṭan).

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Verb

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بَطَّن (baṭṭan) II (non-past يِبَطِّن (yibaṭṭin))

  1. to fill, to line, to inlay
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    Conjugation of بطن (baṭṭan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بطنت (baṭṭant) بطنت (baṭṭant) بطن (baṭṭan) بطننا (baṭṭanna) بطنتوا (baṭṭantu) بطنوا (baṭṭanu)
f بطنتي (baṭṭanti) بطنت (baṭṭanat)
non-past m أبطن (ʔabaṭṭin) تبطن (tibaṭṭin) يبطن (yibaṭṭin) نبطن (nibaṭṭin) تبطنوا (tibaṭṭinu) يبطنوا (yibaṭṭinu)
f تبطني (tibaṭṭini) تبطن (tibaṭṭin)
imperative m بطن (baṭṭin) بطنوا (baṭṭinu)
f بطني (baṭṭini)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَطْن (baṭn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /batˤn/, [ˈbɑ.tˤ(ɪ)n]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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بطن (baṭnm (plural بطون (bṭūn))

  1. belly, stomach, abdomen

See also

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  • معدة (miʕde, stomach (organ))