بطن

العربية

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بطن¹

  • /batˤn/

Where it comes from

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”).

noun بَطْن · baṭn · بُطُون · أَبْطُن · الْبَطْن

  1. stomach, abdomen
  2. womb هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
  3. interior
  4. depth
  5. clan

بطن²

  • /ba.tˤin/

adjective بَطِن · baṭin · الْبَطِن · بَطِنَة · الْبَطِنَة

  1. big-bellied, pot-bellied

بطن³

  • /ba.tˤa.na/

verb بَطَنَ · baṭana · يَبْطُنُ · بَطْن · بُطُون

  1. to be concealed, to be hidden
  2. to enter, to become familiar
  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)

بطن⁴

  • /ba.tˤu.na/
  • /ba.tˤi.na/

verb بَطُنَ · baṭuna · يَبْطُنُ · بَطَانَة · بَطِنَ · baṭina

  1. to be big-bellied, to be paunchy

بطن⁵

  • /ba.tˤa.na/

verb بَطَنَ · baṭana · يَبْطُنُ · بَطْن · بَاطِن

  1. to strike (someone's) belly

بطن⁶

  • /batˤ.tˤa.na/

verb بَطَّنَ · baṭṭana · يُبَطِّنُ · تَبْطِين · مُبَطِّن

  1. to fill, to line, to inlay

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"بطن." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%86. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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بطن. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%86

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"بطن." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بطن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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