باطن

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of بَطَنَ‎ (baṭana, “to be hidden, to hide”), from the root ب ط ن‎ (b-ṭ-n); compare بَطْن‎ (baṭn, “stomach, womb, interior”).

Adjective

بَاطِن • (bāṭin) (masculine plural بَوَاطِن‎ (bawāṭin))

  1. interior, inner
  2. intrinsic
  3. secret

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “بطن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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