Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/B*baṭn-: '(big) belly' Root FieldValueReconstruction*baṭn-Meaning'(big) belly'BasisSEDSEDSEDonline semet 2024 Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicbaṭn- 'belly' [BK 1 138]; cf. bṭn 'to have a wide, slack belly' [ibid.]BK 1 138CanaaniteAMARNA ba-aṭ-nu-ma [HJ 151]HJ 151gloss withheldMandaic Aramaicbaṭna [DM 47]DM 47gloss withheldModern AramaicMAL bṭn [Berg 16]; beṭna (f.) [ibid.] NASS bɔ̄ṭịn [Tser 026]; pṭịntɔ, p̣ṭɔ̄nɔ [ibid. 027] MMND baṭantā [M MND 515] AZR batnanta; bitna (arch.); btinta [Garb 301] IRAN *bâṭin (pf. pᵉṭĕnteḇán) [Pen 68]Berg 16; Tser 026; Tser 027; M MND 515; Garb 301; Pen 68gloss withheldHebrewbäṭän (with suff. biṭn-) (HALOT 121)HALOT 121gloss withheldJudaic Aramaicbiṭnā [Ja 158]; bṭn [DJPA 91b apud CAL]Ja 158; DJPA 91b; CALgloss withheldSyrian Aramaicbǝṭēn 'conceived (in the womb)' [Brock 67], baṭnā 'conception, fetus' [ibid.]Brock 67AramaicOFF bṭn [HJ 151]HJ 151gloss withheldModern ArabicIraqi boṭn (HALOT 121)HALOT 121Punicbʾṭnʾ (Neo-Punic; Krahmalkov 100; T 45)Krahmalkov 100; T 45gloss withheld A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageB