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baṭal بَطَل , pl. ʔabṭāl
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ID 082 • Sw – • BP 871 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last update 4Oct2022
√BṬL
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1, adj., brave, heroic; 2a, n., hero; b champion, pioneer; c hero, protagonist (of a narrative, etc.), lead, star (of a play); d champion (athlet.) – WehrCowan1979.
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▪ Rolland2014a: of obscure etymology. Monteil reported about a hypothetical Mongolian origin. Rajki ignores the question. In any case, it would be hard to connect ‘hero, champion’ to the Sem root BṬL ‘void, nullity, uselessness’. Personal hypothesis: perh. related to medieval vulgLat battalia, battualia ‘escrime’, from lLat batt-ere ‘to beat’ (cf. battle, Fr bataille), of unknown origin.
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▪ DRS 2 (1994) #BṬL-1 Akk baṭālu ‘tirer à sa fin, cesser; être sans travail’; Hbr *bāṭal (3pl bāṭlū) ‘être sans travail’; nHbr ʔabṭālā ‘désœuvrement, indolence, frivolité’, bāṭel ‘être aboli’; JP Syr bᵊṭēl ‘cesser, finir; être sans travail’; Mnd bṭil ‘devenir inutile’; nSyr Ur *mabṭil ‘faire chômer’; Aysor bāṭil ‘être inoccupé’; Ar baṭala ‘être réduit à rien; être sans travail’; MġrAr bāṭil ‘gratis; injustement’; Śḥr bṭol ‘anéantir’; Soq bṭl ‘être enflammé’, šbṭl (caus.) ‘être désert’; Mhr habṭóul (caus.) ‘anéantir’; Gz baṭala ‘être inutile, vain; cesser, être aboli’; Te bätlä ‘être vain, inutile’; Amh bäṭṭälä ‘être gâté’, bəṭul ‘incorrect’, abäṭällälä ‘déprécier, mépriser’. -?2 Ar baṭal ‘intrépide, héroïque’, baṭula ‘être héroïque’ -?3 Syr bāṭlē ‘objet gravé, ciselé’; Amh bäṭṭälä ‘couper’, abṭäläṭṭälä ‘déchirer’, bəṭəlṭəl alä ‘être déchiré’.
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►baṭal al-ʕālam, n., world champion

 ►baṭula, u (baṭālaẗ, buṭūlaẗ), vb. I, to be brave, be heroic, be a hero: denom. (?)

►baṭalaẗ, n.f., 1a heroine (of a narrative), female lead, star (of a play); b woman champion (athlet.): f. of baṭal
►baṭālaẗ, n.f., bravery, valor, heroism: vn. I
►BP#616buṭūlaẗ, n.f., 1 bravery, valor, heroism; 2a leading role, starring role (theater, film); b championship (athlet.): vn. I | ~ al-ʕālamiyyaẗ and ~ al-ʕālam, n.f., world championship (athlet.); dawr al-~, n., the part or role of the hero, leading role

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗baṭala and, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√BṬL.
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