barṭamān برْطمان , pl. ‑āt, var. baṭramān , ↗marṭabān , martabān
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√BRṬM
(EgAr) glass jar (for preserves, etc.), jelly jar – WehrCowan1979.
Var. (with metathesis) of SyrAr ↗marṭabān (which may be the etymon of the European words for marchpane/marzipan). Originally probably a kind of porcelain or pottery, nowadays the material from which the jars are produced is mostly glass or plastic.
1976 WehrCowan1976 ‘(syr., eg.) tall earthen or glass vessel (for preserves, oil, etc.)’
EgAr baṭramān, var. barṭamān ‘glass or plastic jar with lid, jam jar’ – HindsBadawi1986.
Unrelated to barṭama ‘to rave, talk irrationally’, burṭūm, barṭūm ‘trunk of an elephant’ (cf. ↗√BRṬM).
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