batan

See also: batán and bất an

Azerbaijani

Verb

batan

1. subject non-past participle of batmaq

Catalan

Alternative forms

• batà

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (baṭán), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”). Doublet of badana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈtan]

Noun

batan m (plural batans)

1. scutch (tool for scutching hemp)
2. fulling hammer
3. fulling mill

Further reading

• “batan”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Galician

Verb

batan

1. inflection of bater:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Maltese

Root
b-t-n
4 terms

Alternative forms

• boton

Etymology

From Arabic بَطُنَ (baṭuna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tan/
• Rhymes: -atan

Verb

batan (imperfect jobton)

1. to give birth, to breed (of animals)
2. (figuratively) to conceive (an idea)

Conjugation

Conjugation of batan (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btant	btant	batan	btanna	btantu	batnu
	f			batnet
imperfect	m	nobton	tobton	jobton	nobtnu	tobtnu	jobtnu
	f			tobton
imperative			obton			obtnu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btantx	btantx	batanx	btanniex	btantux	batnux
	f			batnitx
imperfect	m	nobtonx	tobtonx	jobtonx	nobtnux	tobtnux	jobtnux
	f			tobtonx
imperative			tobtonx			tobtnux

Spanish

Verb

batan

1. inflection of batir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Turkish

Verb

batan

1. imperfect participle of batmak