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BṬN بطن 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last updated 3Mar2023
√BṬN 
“root” 
▪ BṬN_1 ‘belly, stomach’ ↗baṭn
▪ BṬN_2 ‘fulling mill’ ↗bāṭān
▪ BṬN_3 ‘concrete, béton’ ↗bāṭūn
▪ BṬN_ ‘...’ ↗...

Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘stomach, belly, the inside of anything; hidden, secret, to conceal; entourage; inner side, lining; low land’ – 
▪ BṬN_1 : from Sem *baṭn- ‘stomach, belly’
▪ BṬN_2 : from Span batán
▪ BṬN_3 : from Fr béton
 
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DRS 2 (1994) #BṬN-1 *baṭn- ‘ventre’: oCan bṭn, Hbr beṭen, EmpAram bṭn, JP baṭnā, biṭnā, Te bäṭn, Har bäṭni ‘ventre’; Pun bʔṭn ‘fût (de colonne)’ (?); JP Talm bᵊṭan ‘être enceinte’; Mnd bṭin ‘concevoir’; nSyr (Ur) Aysor bāṭin ‘être enceinte’; Liḥ baṭin ‘grossir’; Ar bāṭin ‘intérieur’, ʔabṭana ‘doubler un vêtement’, baṭṭaniyyaẗ ‘couverture doublée’; ?Soq bitan ‘laine’. -2 Aram baṭnōn ‘lyre à sept cordes’.
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baṭn بَطْن , pl. buṭūn, ʔabṭun 
ID 083 • Sw 49/10 • BP 2080 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last updated 4Oct2022
√BṬN 
n. 
1a belly, stomach, abdomen; b womb; 2 interior, inside, inner portion; 3 depth – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Kogan2011: from protCSem *baṭn‑ ‘belly’.
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DRS 2 (1994) #BṬN-1 *baṭn- ‘ventre’: oCan bṭn, Hbr beṭen, EmpAram bṭn, JP baṭnā, biṭnā, Te bäṭn, Har bäṭni ‘ventre’; Pun bʔṭn ‘fût (de colonne)’ (?); JP Talm bᵊṭan ‘être enceinte’; Mnd bṭin ‘concevoir’; nSyr (Ur) Aysor bāṭin ‘être enceinte’; Liḥ baṭin ‘grossir’; Ar bāṭin ‘intérieur’, ʔabṭana ‘doubler un vêtement’, baṭṭaniyyaẗ ‘couverture doublée’; ?Soq bitan ‘laine’. -2 […].
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baṭn al-qadam, n., sole of the foot;
baṭn al-kaff, n., palm of the hand;
raqṣ al-baṭn and raqṣ al-buṭūn, n., belly dance;
fī baṭnⁱ …, prep., in, within, in the midst of;
fī buṭūnⁱ…, prep., inside, within, in;
waladat baṭnᵃⁿ wāḥidᵃⁿ , expr., she gave birth only once;
baṭnᵃⁿ li-ẓahrⁱⁿ , adv., upside down

baṭana u (baṭn, buṭūn), to be hidden, concealed, to hide
baṭuna u (baṭānaẗ), to be paunchy
baṭṭana, vb. II, 1 to line (a garment, bi- s.th. with); 2 to cover the inside (bi- of s.th. with), hang, face, fill (bi- s.th. with): D-stem, applicative
ʔabṭana, vb. IV, to hide, conceal, harbor (s.th.): *Š-stem, caus.
tabaṭṭana, vb. V, 1 to be lined, have a lining (garment); 2 to penetrate, delve (into), become absorbed, engrossed (in): tD-stem, self-ref.
ĭstabṭana, vb. X, 1 to penetrate, delve (into), become absorbed, engrossed (in); 2a to try to fathom (s.th.); b to fathom (s.th.), get to the bottom of; c to have profound knowledge (of s.th.), know thoroughly, know inside out (s.th.): *Št-stem, desid./request.

baṭnī, adj., ventral, abdominal: nsb-adj.
baṭin, adj., paunchy
biṭnaẗ, n.f., 1 gluttony; 2 overeating, indigestion
biṭān, pl. ʔabtinaẗ, n., girth (of a camel)
biṭānaẗ, pl. baṭāʔinᵘ, n.f., 1 inside, inner side; 2 lining (of a garment); 3 retinue, suite, entourage | fī ~, prep., 1 among, amidst; 2 within
baṭīn, pl. biṭān and mibṭān, adj., 1 paunchy, fat, corpulent, stout; 2 gluttonous: quasi-PP I, ints.
buṭayn, adj., ventricle (of the heart; anat.): dimin. formation
baṭṭāniyyaẗ, pl. -āt, baṭāṭīnᵘ, n.f., 1 cover; 2 blanket; 3 quilt
BP#3762bāṭin, pl. bawāṭinu, adj., 1 inner, interior, inward, inmost, intrinsic; 2 hidden, secret: PA I | ~ al-kaff, n., palm of the hand; ~ al-qadam, n., sole of the foot; fī ~ al-ʔamr, adv., at bottom, after all, really; bawāṭin al-ʔamr, n. pl., the factors, circumstances or reasons at the bottom of s.th.; bawāṭin al-ʔarḍ, n. pl., the secret depths of the earth
al-bāṭinaẗ, n.f., coastal plain of E Oman
bāṭinᵃⁿ, adv., inwardly, secretly
bāṭinī, adj., internal: nsb-formation, from bāṭin | maraḍ al-~, n., internal disease; ṭibb al-~, n., internal medicine
al-bāṭiniyyaẗ, n.f., name of a school of thought in Islam, characterized by divining a hidden, secret meaning in the revealed texts: abstr. formation in iyyaẗ, from bāṭin
mabṭūn, adj., affected with a gastric or intestinal ailment: PP I
mubaṭṭan, adj., 1 lined; 2 filled (bi- with): PP II
 
TunAr bāṭān باطان 
ID - • Sw - • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last updated 4Oct2022
√BṬN 
n. 
fulling mill – WehrCowan1976 
▪ Span batán 
baṭṭana, vb. II, to full (s.th.) (tun.): denom. (?) 
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