باطني

Arabic

Root
ب ط ن (b ṭ n)
16 terms

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of بَاطِن (bāṭin, “inner, hidden”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baː.tˤi.nijj/

Adjective

بَاطِنِيّ • (bāṭiniyy) (feminine بَاطِنِيَّة (bāṭiniyya), masculine plural بَاطِنِيُّونَ (bāṭiniyyūna), feminine plural بَاطِنِيَّات (bāṭiniyyāt))

internal
Used to refer to Muslim sects such as Ismailis who attribute esoteric meanings to Islamic scripture

Declension

Declension of adjective **بَاطِنِيّ** (bāṭiniyy)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاطِنِي bāṭinī	الْبَاطِنِي al-bāṭinī	بَاطِنِيَّة bāṭiniyya	الْبَاطِنِيَّة al-bāṭiniyya
nominative	بَاطِنِيٌّ bāṭiniyyun	الْبَاطِنِيُّ al-bāṭiniyyu	بَاطِنِيَّةٌ bāṭiniyyatun	الْبَاطِنِيَّةُ al-bāṭiniyyatu
accusative	بَاطِنِيًّا bāṭiniyyan	الْبَاطِنِيَّ al-bāṭiniyya	بَاطِنِيَّةً bāṭiniyyatan	الْبَاطِنِيَّةَ al-bāṭiniyyata
genitive	بَاطِنِيٍّ bāṭiniyyin	الْبَاطِنِيِّ al-bāṭiniyyi	بَاطِنِيَّةٍ bāṭiniyyatin	الْبَاطِنِيَّةِ al-bāṭiniyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاطِنِيَّيْن bāṭiniyyayn	الْبَاطِنِيَّيْن al-bāṭiniyyayn	بَاطِنِيَّتَيْن bāṭiniyyatayn	الْبَاطِنِيَّتَيْن al-bāṭiniyyatayn
nominative	بَاطِنِيَّانِ bāṭiniyyāni	الْبَاطِنِيَّانِ al-bāṭiniyyāni	بَاطِنِيَّتَانِ bāṭiniyyatāni	الْبَاطِنِيَّتَانِ al-bāṭiniyyatāni
accusative	بَاطِنِيَّيْنِ bāṭiniyyayni	الْبَاطِنِيَّيْنِ al-bāṭiniyyayni	بَاطِنِيَّتَيْنِ bāṭiniyyatayni	الْبَاطِنِيَّتَيْنِ al-bāṭiniyyatayni
genitive	بَاطِنِيَّيْنِ bāṭiniyyayni	الْبَاطِنِيَّيْنِ al-bāṭiniyyayni	بَاطِنِيَّتَيْنِ bāṭiniyyatayni	الْبَاطِنِيَّتَيْنِ al-bāṭiniyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بَاطِنِيِّين bāṭiniyyīn	الْبَاطِنِيِّين al-bāṭiniyyīn	بَاطِنِيَّات bāṭiniyyāt	الْبَاطِنِيَّات al-bāṭiniyyāt
nominative	بَاطِنِيُّونَ bāṭiniyyūna	الْبَاطِنِيُّونَ al-bāṭiniyyūna	بَاطِنِيَّاتٌ bāṭiniyyātun	الْبَاطِنِيَّاتُ al-bāṭiniyyātu
accusative	بَاطِنِيِّينَ bāṭiniyyīna	الْبَاطِنِيِّينَ al-bāṭiniyyīna	بَاطِنِيَّاتٍ bāṭiniyyātin	الْبَاطِنِيَّاتِ al-bāṭiniyyāti
genitive	بَاطِنِيِّينَ bāṭiniyyīna	الْبَاطِنِيِّينَ al-bāṭiniyyīna	بَاطِنِيَّاتٍ bāṭiniyyātin	الْبَاطِنِيَّاتِ al-bāṭiniyyāti

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: باطنی (bâtınî)
- → Turkish: batıni
→ Classical Persian: بَاطِنِی (bātinī)
- → Gujarati: બાતમી (bātmī)
- → Marathi: बातमी (bātmī)
- → Middle Hindi: باطنی (bat̤ny /⁠bātinī⁠/)
  - Hindustani: bātinī
    Hindi: बातिनी
    
    Urdu: باطِنی

References

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