# \*baṭn-: '(big) belly'

> Proto-Semitic *baṭn-, '(big) belly': reflexes in 10 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*baṭn- |
| Meaning | '(big) belly' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2024 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | baṭn- 'belly' \[BK 1 138\]; cf. bṭn 'to have a wide, slack belly' \[ibid.\] | BK 1 138 |  |
| Canaanite | AMARNA ba-aṭ-nu-ma \[HJ 151\] | HJ 151 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | baṭna \[DM 47\] | DM 47 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL 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 68 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bäṭän (with suff. biṭn-) (HALOT 121) | HALOT 121 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | biṭnā \[Ja 158\]; bṭn \[DJPA 91b apud CAL\] | Ja 158; DJPA 91b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | bǝṭēn 'conceived (in the womb)' \[Brock 67\], baṭnā 'conception, fetus' \[ibid.\] | Brock 67 |  |
| Aramaic | OFF bṭn \[HJ 151\] | HJ 151 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Iraqi boṭn (HALOT 121) | HALOT 121 |  |
| Punic | bʾṭnʾ (Neo-Punic; Krahmalkov 100; T 45) | Krahmalkov 100; T 45 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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