بطن

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Form 1بَطُنَ11 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبَطَانَةٌ بَطَنٌ بَطْنٌ بُطُونٌ

Core sense — he became big in the belly; he entered into it; he knew its inner stategenerated

1.1

He (a man) was, or became, big, or large, in the belly, from much eating.

1.1.1he (a man) became big in the belly from satiety, and disordered by it—بَطِنَ

He was, or became, in a state of repletion, much filled with food.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe exulted, or exulted excessively, and behaved insolently and ungratefully—بَطِنَ

Same in meaning as أَشِرَ and بَطِرَ.

1.1.3he (a man) had a complaint of, or a pain in, his belly—بُطِنَ

1.2he struck, or beat, his belly—بَطَنَهُ

he struck, or beat, his belly—بَطَنَ لَهُ

So according to some; or the ل is added only in verse.

he struck, or beat, his belly—بطّنهُ

Maṣdar تَبْطِينٌ.

1.2.1the fever produced an effect within him—بَطَنَتْ بِهِ الحُمَّى

It (a disease) entered into him, as though it penetrated into his belly [see 10]; in this sense the maṣdar is بُطُونٌ.

1.2.2he entered into it; namely, a valley—تبطّنهُ

He entered into it; namely, a valley; in this sense the maṣdar is بَطْنٌ.

Or this verb means: he went about in the valley.

he went about in it; namely, the valley—استبطنهُ

1.2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe knew the inner state or circumstances of it—استبطنهُ

he entered into it so that he knew its inner state—تبطّنهُ

on this sense He penetrated into it mentally; he knew it — the news or story, or the state or case, of another; he knew the inner state or circumstances of a case or affair.

1.2.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe became one of his special intimates, entering into his affairs—بَطَنَ بِفُلَانٍ

Given like this in the S and M, but in the K مِنْ فُلَانٍ.

he entered into his affairs—بَطَنَ بِهِ

maṣdars بُطُونٌ and بَطَانَةٌ.

1.2.5it was, or became, unapparent, hidden, or concealed—بَطَنَ

. Said of a thing; the opposite of ظَهَرَ.

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Derived nouns 15

Nounبَطْنٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the belly; the inside of anything; a low tract of land; a sub-tribegenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredwhat is in the belly; generally, excrement, ordure, or dung—ذُو البَطْنِ

The belly, or abdomen; the part of the body separated from the جَوْف [the chest, or thorax] by the حِجَاب [the midriff, or diaphragm], containing the liver, the spleen, the stomach, the lower intestines and so on; Zj, in his “Khalk el-Insán”, wrongly says that it takes in the lungs as well. It is the opposite of ظَهْرٌ, of a man and of any animal.

AHát: of the masculine gender, and, according to AO, feminine also.

Plurals أَبْطُنٌ, بُطُونٌ and بُطْنَانٌ: the first a plural of paucity, the second and the third plurals of multitude, used of more than ten.

he (a man) ejected his excrement—أَلْقَى ذَا بَطْنِهِ

she (a woman) brought forth—أَلْقَتْ ذَا بَطْنِهَا

وَضَعَتْ ذَاتَ بَطْنِهَا means the same; and, said of a hen, she laid an egg.

she (a woman) brought forth many children—نَثَرَتْ ذَا بَطْنِهَا

Given in art. نثر; and, with a word left out, نَثَرَتْ بَطْنَهَا means the same.

the wolf is envied for what is in his belly—الذِّئْبُ يُغْبَطُ بِذِى بَطْنِهِ

she (a woman) died in childbirth—مَاتَتْ فِى بَطْنٍ

A proverb: one never thinks him to be hungry, but only to be full, because of his hostility to men and cattle, though he is sometimes distressed by hunger. (A'Obeyd; for various readings see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 500 and 501.)

A phrase occurring in a tradition.

See also فُلَانٌ ٱبْنُ بَطْنِهِ. بَطَنٌ. Er-Rāghib: it means such a one is solicitous about his belly.

Many phrases in which بَطْن occurs are explained under other words of those phrases, such as ظَهْرٌ, أَخَذَ and عُصْفُورٌ.

For بَطْنُ الحُوتِ, see الرِّشَآءُ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe interior of a water-course, riverbed, or valley—بَطْنُ وَادٍ

Also the inside, or interior, of anything; synonym جَوْفٌ; and so بَاطِنٌ, synonym دَاخِلٌ; plural of the former as above.

the interior of Mekkeh—بَطْنُ مَكَّةَ

every verse of it has an apparent sense and a sense needing development—لِكُلِّ آيَةٍ مِنْهَا ظَهْرٌ وَ بَطْنٌ

That is, its bottom, in which flows, occasionally or constantly, its torrent or river.

Said of the Qur'ān. See ظَهْرٌ; see also بَاطِنٌ.

Its plural بُطْنَانٌ is also used as a singular, meaning the middle, or midst, of a thing, and the lower, or lowest, part, or the foundation.

the middle, or midst, of Paradise—بُطْنَانُ الجَنَّةِ

the lower, or lowest, part, or the foundation, of the عرش—بُطْنَانُ العَرْشِ

Popularly held to be the throne of God.

the palm of the hand—بَاطِنُ الكَفِّ

Also بَطْنُ الكَفِّ; the opposite of ظَهْرُهَا and ظَاهِرُهَا.

the sole of the foot—بَاطِنُ القَدَمِ

Also بَطْنُ القَدَمِ; likewise the opposite of ظَهْرُهَا and ظَاهِرُهَا.

the sole of the solid hoof—بَطْنُ الحَافِرُ

In art. نسر.

the sole of the solid hoof—بَاطِنُ الحَافِرِ

The part of the solid hoof in which is the نَسْر.

بَطْنُ الرَّاحَةِ is well known [as another name for بَطْنُ الكَفِّ, explained above; for الرَّاحَة is often used as a synonym of الكَفّ].

the part of the foot of a camel or the like next the leg—بَاطِنُ الخُفِّ

the armpit, or hollow of the inner side of the shoulder-joint—بَاطِنُ الإِبْطِ

This is said to be its meaning.

One does not say بَطْنُ الإِبْطِ; and بَاطِنُ العُنُقِ means the throat.

the long, or longer, lateral half of a feather—بَطْن

Or the wider, that is, inner, half. Plural بُطْنَانٌ, explained as the parts beneath the shaft; the opposite of ظُهْرَانٌ, plural of ظَهْرٌ.

Lane cites “Bd in xlviii. 24” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.2a bottom, or low land; soft, plain, fine, low ground—بَاطِنٌ

Also a low, or depressed, tract, or portion, of land or ground; the opposite of ظَهْرٌ.

Plural of the former, or of the latter, بُطْنَانٌ, a plural of multitude, and أَبْطِنَةٌ, a plural of paucity, irregular as a plural of either.

The former plural, in relation to land, is also used as a singular, like بَطْنٌ.

ISh: بُطْنَانُ الأَرْضِ means the low, or depressed, tracts of land — of the plain or soft parts, of the rugged parts, and of the meadows, where water rests and stagnates; such tracts are also called بَوَاطِنُ and بُطُونٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe apparent, visible part of the sky—بَطْنُ السَّمَآءِ

the apparent, visible part of the sky—ظَهْرُ السَّمَآءِ

Fr, in the T under ظَهْرٌ.

2figurative · مجاز

Also a tribe below the one termed قَبِيلَة, or next below the عِمَارَة; or below the فَخِذ and above the عمارة — for this last I have found no authority but the K.

Of the masculine gender; or properly feminine; but masculine if حَيٌّ [said by some to mean a tribe generally] is meant by it; or feminine if used in the sense of قَبِيلَة.

Plural of paucity أَبْطُنٌ, of multitude بُطُونٌ. See شَعْبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَطْن 5 shown of 17

22:20

يُصْهَرُ بِهِۦ مَا فِى بُطُونِهِمْ وَٱلْجُلُودُ

With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins.

37:66

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.

37:144

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection.

44:45

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

56:53

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

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The belly, or abdomen; i. e. the part of the body which is separated from the جَوْف [i. e. chest, or thorax,] by the حِجَاب [i. e. midriff, or diaphragm]; containing the liver and the spleen and the stomach and the lower intestines &c.; (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán; ” [in which it is erroneously said to comprise also the lungs;]) contr. of ظَهْرٌ ; (S, Msb, K;) of a man and of any animal: (TA:) of the masc. gender, (S, K,) and, accord. to AO, fem. also: (AHát, S:) pl. أَبْطُنٌ and بُطُونٌ (Az, Msb, K) and بُطْنَانٌ ; (K;) the first a pl. of pauc.; and the second [as also the third] a pl. of mult., applied to more than ten. (Az, TA.) [Hence,] ذُو البَطْنِ [What is in the belly: but generally meaning] excrement, ordure, or dung. (K, TA.) You say, أَلْقَى ذَا بَطْنِهِ He (a man) ejected his excrement, or ordure. (TA.) And أَلْقَتْ ذَا بَطْنِهَا She (a woman, TA) brought forth; (K;) as also وَضَعَتْ ذَاتَ بَطْنِهَا : (TA in art. ذو :) and she (a hen) laid an egg. (K.) And نَثَرَتْ ذَا بَطْنِهَا , (T and Mgh in art. نثر ,) and [elliptically] نَثَرَتْ بَطْنَهَا , (T and A and Mgh in that art.,) She (a woman) brought forth many children. (T in that art.) And it is said in a prov., (TA,) الذِّئْبُ يُغْبَطُ بِذِى بَطْنِهِ [The wolf is envied for what is in his belly]: for one never thinks him to be hungry, but only thinks him to be in a state of repletion, because of his hostility to men and cattle, (A'Obeyd, K,) though he is sometimes distressed by hunger. (A'Obeyd. [See various readings of this prov. in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 500 and 501.]) مَاتَتْ فِى بَطْنٍ , a phrase occurring in a trad., means She (a woman) died in childbirth. (TA.) See also فُلَانٌ ٱبْنُ بَطْنِهِ. بَطَنٌ . means Such a one is solicitous for his belly. (Er-Rághib, TA in art. بنى .) [Many phrases in which the word بَطْن occurs will be found explained under other words of those phrases; as ظَهْرٌ , and أَخَذَ , and عُصْفُورٌ , &c.] بَطْنُ الحُوتِ : see الرِّشَآءُ . Also The inside, or interior, of anything; syn. جَوْفٌ : and so بَاطِنٌ ; syn. دَاخِلٌ : (K:) pl. of the former as above. (TA.) Thus بَطْنُ وَادٍ means The interior of a water-course or riverbed [or valley; i. e. its bottom, in which flows, occasionally or constantly, its torrent or river]. (MA.) And بَطْنُ مَكَّةَ means The interior of Mekkeh. (Bd in xlviii. 24.) [Hence,] it is said of the Kur-án, لِكُلِّ آيَةٍ مِنْهَا ظَهْرٌ وَ بَطْنٌ , meaning To every verse thereof is an apparent sense and a sense requiring development. (TA.) [See ظَهْرٌ .] See also بَاطِنٌ . [And its pl. بُطْنَانٌ is also used as a sing., meaning The middle, or midst, of a thing: and the lower, or lowest, part, or the foundation. Thus,] بُطْنَانُ الجَنَّةِ means The middle, or midst, of Paradise: (S, TA:) and بُطْنَانُ العَرْشِ , The lower, or lowest, part, or the foundation, of the عرش [vulgarly held to be the throne of God]. (TA.) You say also [ بَطْنُ الكَفِّ and] بَاطِنُ الكَفِّ The palm of the hand [opposed to ظَهْرُهَا and ظَاهِرُهَا ]: and [ بَطْنُ القَدَمِ and] بَاطِنُ القَدَمِ The sole of the foot [likewise opposed to ظَهْرُهَا and ظَاهِرُهَا ]: (Zj in his “ Khalk- el-Insán: ”) and بَطْنُ الحَافِرُ (S in art. نسر ) and بَاطِنُ الحَافِرِ (M and K in that art.) [The sole of the solid hoof;] the part of the solid hoof in which is the نَسْر , q. v. (S and M and K in that art.) بَطْنُ الرَّاحَةِ is well known [as another name for بَطْنُ الكَفِّ , explained above; for الرَّاحَة is often used as syn. with الكَفّ ]: and بَاطِنُ الخُفِّ is [said to be] The part of the foot of a camel or the like that is next the leg: and one says, بَاطِنُ الإِبْطِ , [meaning The armpit, or hollow of the inner side of the shoulder-joint,] but not بَطْنُ الإِبْطِ : (TA:) [and بَاطِنُ العُنُقِ the throat.] The بَطْن of a feather is The long, (S,) or longer, (K,) [or wider, i. e. inner,] lateral half: pl. بُطْنَانٌ ; (S, K, TA;) which is explained as signifying the parts beneath the shaft: opposed to ظُهْرَانٌ , pl. of ظَهْرٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) Also A low, or depressed, tract, or portion, of land, or ground; (S, TA;) and so بَاطِنٌ : (TA:) [or a bottom, or low land; or a low, soft flat; i. e.] soft, plain, fine, low land or ground; opposed to ظَهْرٌ [q. v.]: (TA in art. ظهر :) pl. of the former, (S,) or of the latter, (K,) بُطْنَانٌ , (S, K,) a pl. of mult., (TA,) and أَبْطِنَةٌ , (K,) a pl. of pauc., and anomalous [as pl. of either]: (TA:) the former pl., in relation to land, is also used as a sing., like بَطْنٌ : (AHn, TA:) and accord. to ISh, بُطْنَانُ الأَرْضِ signifies the low, or depressed, tract, or tracts, of land, of the plain, or soft, parts thereof, and of the rugged, and of the meadows, where water rests and stagnates: and such tracts are also called بَوَاطِنُ and بُطُونٌ . (TA.) بَطْنُ السَّمَآءِ and ظَهْرُ السَّمَآءِ both signify The apparent, visible, part of the sky. (Fr, T voce ظَهْرٌ [q. v.].) Also A tribe below that which is termed قَبِيلَة : (S, Msb, K, TA:) or next below the عِمَارَة : (S and TA voce شَعْبٌ , &c.:) or below the فَخِذ and above the عمارة : (K: [but for this I have found no other authority:]) of the masc. gender: (TA:) or [properly] fem.: but if حَيٌّ [said by some to signify a tribe, absolutely,] be meant thereby, it is masc.: (Msb:) or fem. if used in the sense of قَبِيلَة : (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَبْطُنٌ and [of mult.] بُطُونٌ . (Msb, K.) [See شَعْبٌ .]

Nounبَطَنٌ1 sense

Core sense — disease of the belly, an enlargement of it from satietygenerated

1he died of the disease of the belly—مَاتَ بِالبَطْنِ

Disease of the belly, a state of enlargement of it arising from satiety; and so بَطْنٌ.

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Disease of the belly, (K, TA,) being a state of enlargement thereof arising from satiety; and so بَطْنٌ ; whence the phrase مَاتَ بِالبَطْنِ He died by the disease of the belly. (TA.)

Nounبَطَنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one whose only care is his belly; voracious; one who exults insolentlygenerated

One whose object of care, or anxiety, is his belly; or one who has an inordinate desire, or appetite, for food, whom nothing causes care but his belly; and so مِبْطَانٌ.

Or one of the two words means always large, or big, in the belly from much eating; or both mean voracious, not ceasing from eating.

1.1figurative · مجاز

And so one who exults, or exults excessively, and behaves insolently and ungratefully; or who does so through abundance of wealth.

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One whose object of care, or anxiety, is his belly: (K:) or who has an inordinate desire, or appetite, for food; (S;) whom nothing causes care, or anxiety, but his belly; (S, TA;) as also مِبْطَانٌ : (TA:) or the former, (TA,) or ↓ the latter, (S,) ever large, or big, in the belly in consequence of much eating: (S, TA:) or ↓ both signify voracious; not ceasing from eating. (K.) And [hence,] One who exults, or exults greatly, or excessively, and behaves insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully: (TA:) or who does so, being abundant in wealth. (K, TA.)

Nounبِطْنَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — repletion, being much filled with food; exultation and insolent behaviourgenerated

1repletion banishes intelligence—البِطْنَةُ تُذْهِبُ الفِطْنَةَ

A proverb.

Repletion; the state of being much filled with food and drink.

1.1figurative · مجاز

And so exultation, or excessive exultation, and insolent and ungrateful behaviour.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one died with his wealth complete, having spent nothing of it—مَاتَ فُلَانٌ بِبِطْنَتِهِ

Or, according to A'Obeyd, this proverb relates to religion, and means he left the present world sound, without any breach of his religion. See also تَغَضْغَضَ, in two places.

richness made him exult and behave insolently and ungratefully—نَزَّتْ بِهِ البَطِنَةُ

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Repletion; the state of being much filled with food (S, K) and drink. (So in a copy of the S.) It is said in a prov., البِطْنَةُ تُذْهِبُ الفِطْنَةَ [Repletion banishes intelligence]. (TA.) And [hence,] Exultation, or great or excessive exultation, and insolent and unthankful, or ungrateful, behaviour. (K, TA.) [Hence also,] مَاتَ فُلَانٌ بِبِطْنَتِهِ Such a one died with his wealth complete, not having expended, or dispensed, anything thereof: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, this prov. relates to religion, and means he went forth from the present world in a state of integrity, without any infringement of his religion. (TA.) [See also تَغَضْغَضَ , in two places.] [Hence also,] نَزَّتْ بِهِ البَطِنَةُ Richness caused him to exult, or exult greatly, or excessively, and to behave insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully. (TA.)

Nounالبَطِنَةُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the back, the hinder part, the posteriorsgenerated

1the back, the hinder part, the posteriors—الدُّبُرُ

1.1the roads, or beaten tracks, of the valley—بَطِنَاتُ الوَادِى

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i. q. الدُّبُرُ [The back, hinder part, posteriors, &c.]. (TA.) بَطِنَاتُ الوَادِى The roads, or beaten tracks, of the valley. (TA.)

Nounبِطَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — the belly-girth of a camel, the girth put beneath its bellygenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe two rings of the belly-girth met—اِلْتَقَتْ حَلْقَتَا البِطَانِ

The belly-girth of a camel; the girth of the kind of saddle called قَتَب, which is put beneath the belly of the camel and is like the تَصْدِير to the رَحْل; or the girth of the saddle called رَحْل.

Plural of paucity أَبْطِنَةٌ, of multitude بُطْنٌ.

a man in ample and easy circumstances—رَجُلٌ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ

Said of a case, or an affair, that has become severe, strait, or distressing.

Or in an easy, or pleasant, state or condition; or unstraitened in mind. See also art. عرض.

such a one died broad in the fleshy parts—مَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ

A'Obeyd: nothing of him having gone; the fleshy parts are the المَلَاحِم. But this seems to be said of a man dying in a state of wealth; see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 601.

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[The belly-girth of a camel: or] the girth of the [kind of saddle called] قَتَب , (S, K,) which is put beneath the belly of the camel, and is like the تَصْدِير to the رَحْل : (S:) or the girth of the [saddle called] رَحْل : (Msb:) pl. [of pauc.] أَبْطِنَةٌ and [of mult.] بُطْنٌ . (K.) [Hence,] اِلْتَقَتْ حَلْقَتَا البِطَانِ [The two rings of the belly-girth met]: said of a case, or an affair, that has become severe, strait, or distressing. (S.) And رَجُلٌ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ A man in ample and easy circumstances; or in an easy, or a pleasant, state or condition; or easy, or unstraitened, in mind. (K, TA. [See also art. عرض .]) And مَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ , meaning, accord. to A'Obeyd, Such a one died broad in the fleshy parts ( المَلَاحِم ); nothing of him having gone. (TA. [But this seems to be said of a man's dying in a state of opulence: see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 601.])

Nounبَطِينٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — big, or large, in the belly; full; far-extendinggenerated

Applied to a man: big, or large, in the belly; and so مِبْطَانٌ.

This word occurs, in a description of 'Alee, used as an adjective of praise. It also means big, or large, in the belly from much eating, and having the belly full — as does the other word too.

Plural of the former بِطَانٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda man having the pair of provision-bags full—رَجُلٌ بَطِينُ الكُرْزِ

Meaning a man who hides his own travelling-provisions on a journey and eats his companion's.

Hence: full; applied to a purse and the like.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreda far-extending heat, or single run to a goal or limit—شَأْوٌ بَطِينٌ

a far-extending run to a goal or limit—شَوْطٌ بَطِينٌ

on this sense Far; far-extending.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Wide, and low, or depressed; applied to a tract of land or ground.

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, applied to a man, (K,) Big, or large, in the belly; (S, K;) as also مِبْطَانٌ : the former occurs, in a description of 'Alee, used as an epithet of praise: and signifies also big, or large, in the belly in consequence of much eating: and having the belly full; as also ↓ the latter: pl. of the former بِطَانٌ . (TA.) Hence, Full; applied to a purse [&c.]. (TA.) You say رَجُلٌ بَطِينُ الكُرْزِ [lit. A man having the pair of provision-bags full]; meaning a man who conceals his travel-ling-provision in a journey, and eats that of his companion. (TA.) Far; far-extending. (S, K, TA.) So in the phrase شَأْوٌ بَطِينٌ [A farextending heat, or single run to a goal or limit], (S, TA,) and شَوْطٌ بَطِينٌ [signifying the same]. (TA.) Wide, and low, or depressed; applied to a tract of land or ground. (Ham p. 506.)

Nounالبُطَيْنُ1 sense

Core sense — the second Mansion of the Moon, three stars in the Ram's bellygenerated

One of the Mansions of the Moon, namely the second: three small stars [e and p and n], set in the form of an equilateral triangle, as though they were three stones on which a cooking-pot is placed, and forming the belly of the Ram.

The name is made a diminutive because the Ram consists of many stars in the form of a ram; [so I here render حَمَل, though it properly means a lamb;] the شَزَطَانِ being its two horns, the بُطَيْن its belly [or, by our figure of Aries, the rump], and the ثُرَيَّا its rump, or tail.

Three obscure stars, forming the points of a triangle, in the belly of the Ram, between the شَرَطَانِ and the ثُرَيَّا (Kzw, Mir-át ez-Zemán, and others); the three stars of which two are on the tail and one on the thigh of the Ram, forming an equilateral triangle (Kzw, in his description of Aries).

See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل.

The Arabs assert that it has no نَوْء [here meaning effect upon the weather] except wind.

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One of the Mansions of the Moon; (S, K;) namely, the Second; (Kzw, &c.;) three small stars [e and p and n], (S, K,) disposed in the form of an equilateral triangle, (S,) as though they were three stones whereon a cooking-pot is placed, and forming the belly of the Ram; (S, K;) the appellation being made a diminutive because the Ram consists of many stars in the form of a ram; [so I here render حَمَل though it properly signifies a lamb;] the شَزَطَانِ being its two horns; and the بُطَيْن , its belly; [or, accord. to our configuration of Aries, the rump;] and the ثُرَيَّا , its rump, or tail; (S;) three obscure stars, forming the points of a triangle, in the belly of the Ram, between the شَرَطَانِ and the ثُرَيَّا ; (Kzw, Mir-át ez-Zemán, &c.;) the three stars of which two are on the tail and one on the thigh of the Ram, forming an equilateral triangle. (Kzw in his description of Aries.) [See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل .] The Arabs assert that it has no نَوْء [here meaning effect upon the weather], except wind. (TA.)

Nounبِطَانَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the lining of a garment; a close, confidential friendgenerated

The lining, or inner covering, of a garment or piece of cloth; the opposite of ظِهَارَةٌ; and so بَاطِنَةٌ.

Plural of the former بَطَائنُ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is one who knows the inner state of such a one's affair—هُوَ ذُو بِطَانَةٍ بِفُلَانٍ

A secret that a man conceals.

1.2figurative · مجازhe is my particular, or special, intimate—هُوَ بِطَانَتِى

they are my particular, or special, intimates—هُمْ بِطَانَتِى

they are my particular, or special, intimates—أَهْلُ بِطَانَتِى

on this sense A particular, or special, intimate friend or associate; one specially distinguished by entering into, and becoming acquainted with, the inner state or circumstances of one's case or affair; an intimate and familiar friend; a confidential friend, who is consulted about one's circumstances. It comes from the same word in the sense first explained above, relating to a garment or piece of cloth.

on this sense It is also used in a plural sense: intimate and familiar friends or associates, with whom one is open and unreserved in conversation and who know the inner state of one's case or affair; or one's family, and one's particular, or special, intimates.

on this sense See also form 4.

1.3

Coupled with عَلَاوَة, it means what is put beneath the things that make up the main load of a camel, such as a water-skin and the like.

1.4

See also بَاطِنَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بِطَانَة

3:118

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.

55:54

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).

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The lining, or inner covering, of a garment, or piece of cloth [&c.]; contr. of ظِهَارَةٌ ; (S, Msb, K;) as also بَاطِنَةٌ : (JK in art. ظهر :) pl. of the former بَطَائنُ . (TA.) A secret (K, TA) that a man conceals. (TA.) One says, هُوَ ذُو بِطَانَةٍ بِفُلَانٍ , i. e. He is one who possesses knowledge of the inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of the case, or affair, of such a one. (TA.) A particular, or special, intimate, friend, or associate; (S, K, TA;) one who is particularly distinguished by entering into, and becoming acquainted with, the inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of one's case or affair; (TA;) an intimate and familiar friend or associate; (Zj, TA;) a confidential friend, who is consulted respecting one's circumstances: (TA:) it is from the same word in the sense first explained above, relating to a garment, or piece of cloth: (Mgh, Er-Rághib:) and is used in a pl. sense, as meaning intimate and familiar friends or associates, to whom one is open, or unreserved, in conversation, and who know the inward state or circumstances [of one's case or affair]: (Zj, TA:) or one's family; and one's particular, or special, intimates, friends, or associates. (Mgh.) You say, هُوَ بِطَانَتِى [He is my particular, or special, intimate, &c.]: and هُمْ بِطَانَتِى and أَهْلُ بِطَانَتِى [They are my particular, or special, intimates, &c.]. (A, TA.) See also 4. Coupled with عَلَاوَة , it signifies What is put beneath [the things that compose the main load of a camel], such as a water-skin and the like. (TA.) See also بَاطِنَةٌ .

Nounبَاطِنٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — hidden, concealed; inward, inner; the inner state of a thinggenerated

Unapparent; hidden; concealed; covert; and inward, inner, interior, internal, intrinsic, esoteric: in all these senses the opposite of ظَاهِرٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe inner, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of a case or affair—بَاطِنُ أَمْرٍ

And so بَطْنُ أَمْرٍ.

he laid open to me the outward and the inner state of his affair—أَفْرَشَنِى ظَهْرَ أَمْرِهِ وَبَطْنَهُ

he is one who has experience of the inner state of affairs—هُوَ مُجَرِّبٌ بَطْنَ الأُمُورِ

As though he hit their bellies by his knowledge of their true, or real, states or circumstances.

1.2the inner state, condition, character, or circumstances of a man—البَاطِنُ

Also the heart, meaning the secret thoughts, the recesses of the mind, the state of mind, the inward or secret disposition of the mind; the opposite of الظَّاهِرُ.

1.3

Also an adjective applied to God, meaning He who knows the inner, or intrinsic, states or circumstances of things; or He who knows the secret and hidden things; or He who is veiled from the eyes and imaginations of created beings.

1.4covertly; secretly—بَاطِنًا

1.5

See also بَاطِنَةٌ, in eight places.

1.6a water-course, or place where water flows, in rugged ground—بِطَانَةٌ

Plurals بُطْنَانٌ and بُطْنٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَاطِن

6:120

وَذَرُوا۟ ظَـٰهِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ ٱلْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَقْتَرِفُونَ

Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin will get due recompense for their "earnings."

57:3

هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرُ وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.

57:13

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ قِيلَ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ وَرَآءَكُمْ فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟ نُورًا فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُۥ بَابٌۢ بَاطِنُهُۥ فِيهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَظَـٰهِرُهُۥ مِن قِبَلِهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ

One Day will the Hypocrites- men and women - say to the Believers: "Wait for us! Let us borrow (a Light) from your Light!" It will be said: "Turn ye back to your rear! then seek a Light (where ye can)!" So a wall will be put up betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it will be Mercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (Wrath and) Punishment!

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Unapparent; hidden; concealed; covert: (K, TA:) [and inward; inner; interior; internal; intrinsic; esoteric: in all these senses] contr. of ظَاهِرٌ . (Msb, TA.) بَاطِنُ أَمْرٍ [The inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances, of a case or an affair]; (TA, &c.;) [and so بَطْنُ أَمْرٍ ; whence the phrases,] أَفْرَشَنِى ظَهْرَ أَمْرِهِ وَبَطْنَهُ [He displayed, or laid open, to me the outward state or circumstances of his case or affair, and the inward state or circumstances thereof]; and هُوَ مُجَرِّبٌ بَطْنَ الأُمُورِ [He is one who possesses experience of the inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of affairs], as though he hit their bellies by his knowledge of their true, or real, states or circumstances. (TA.) البَاطِنُ [The internal, inward, or intrinsic, state, condition, character, or circumstances, of a man: and the heart, meaning the secret thoughts; the recesses of the mind; the state of mind; the inward, or secret, disposition of the mind: opposed to الظَّاهِرُ . Also,] an epithet applied to God, meaning He who knows the inward, or intrinsic, states or circumstances of things: (S:) or He who knows the secret and hidden things: or He who is veiled from the eyes and imaginations of created beings. (TA.) [ بَاطِنًا Covertly; secretly.] See also بَاطِنَةٌ , in eight places. بِطَانَةٌ also signifies A water-course, or place in which water flows, in rugged ground: pl. بُطْنَانٌ (K) and بُطْنٌ . (TA.)

Nounبَاطِنَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the middle, and the retired part, of a district or citygenerated

See بِطَانَةٌ.

1.1

Also the middle, and the retired part, of a كُورَة [that is, a province, district, or city].

In the copies of the K it is wrongly written بِطَانَة and explained as meaning the middle of a كورة.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَاطِنَة

31:20

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُۥ ظَـٰهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ۗ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَـٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَـٰبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!

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: see بِطَانَةٌ . Also The middle, and the retired part, of a كُورَة [i. e. province, or district, or city]: in the copies of the K erroneously written بِطَانَة , and explained as meaning the “ middle of a كورة . ” (TA.)

Nounالأَبْطَنُ1 sense

Core sense — a vein in the interior of a horse's armgenerated

A certain vein in the interior of the arm of the horse; one of two veins which are called الأَبْطَنَانِ.

AO: these are two veins that penetrate into the interior of the arm until they become hidden among the sinews of the shank.

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A certain vein in the interior of the arm of the horse; one of two veins which are called الأَبْطَنَانِ : (S:) accord. to AO, these are two veins that penetrate into the interior of the arm until they become hidden among the sinews of the shank. (TA.)

Nounمُبَطَّنٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lank in the belly; white in the back and belly; linedgenerated

Applied to a man: lank in the belly. Feminine formed with ة.

1.1

Applied to a horse: white in the back and belly.

1.2

Lined; having a بِطَانَة put to it.

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, applied to a man, Lank in the belly: (S, K, TA:) fem. with ة . (S.) Applied to a horse, White in the back and belly. (K.) Lined; having a بِطَانَة put to it. (TA.)

Nounمِبْطَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who eats much, always big in the belly; voraciousgenerated

See بَطِينٌ, in two places, and بَطِنٌ, in three places.

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: see بَطِينٌ , in two places: and see بَطِنٌ , in three places.

Nounمَبْطُونٌ1 sense

Core sense — having a complaint of, or a pain in, his bellygenerated

Having a complaint of, or a disease in, or a pain in, his belly.

One who dies of a disease of his belly, such as dropsy; such a one is reckoned a martyr.

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Having a complaint of, or a disease in, or a pain in, his belly: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) one who dies of disease of his belly, as dropsy and the like: such is reckoned a martyr. (TA.)