بدنة

Arabic

Root
ب د ن (b-d-n)

Etymology

بَدَن (badan, “body, torso”) +‎ ـة (-a), so called because of the oblation consisting mainly of the torso which has been fattened.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.da.na/

Noun

بَدَنة • (badana) f or m (plural بُدُن (budun) or بَدَنَات (badanāt))

1. camel destined for sacrifice
   • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 14:22:

     قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «ٱلْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي شَاةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَطَّةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَيْضَةً».‏

     qāla faqāla rasūlu l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama “l-muhajjiru ʔilā l-jumuʕati ka-l-muhdī badanatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī baqaratan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī šātan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī baṭṭatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī dajājatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī bayḍatan”.

     The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “The one who comes early to the Friday prayer is like one who sacrifices a camel, then like one who sacrifices a cow, then like one who sacrifices a sheep, then like one who sacrifices a duck, then like one who sacrifices a chicken, then like one who sacrifices an egg.”

Declension

Declension of noun بَدَن (badan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَدَن badan	الْبَدَن al-badan	بَدَن badan
Nominative	بَدَنٌ badanun	الْبَدَنُ al-badanu	بَدَنُ badanu
Accusative	بَدَنًا badanan	الْبَدَنَ al-badana	بَدَنَ badana
Genitive	بَدَنٍ badanin	الْبَدَنِ al-badani	بَدَنِ badani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَدَنَيْن badanayn	الْبَدَنَيْن al-badanayn	بَدَنَيْ badanay
Nominative	بَدَنَانِ badanāni	الْبَدَنَانِ al-badanāni	بَدَنَا badanā
Accusative	بَدَنَيْنِ badanayni	الْبَدَنَيْنِ al-badanayni	بَدَنَيْ badanay
Genitive	بَدَنَيْنِ badanayni	الْبَدَنَيْنِ al-badanayni	بَدَنَيْ badanay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبْدَان ʔabdān	الْأَبْدَان al-ʔabdān	أَبْدَان ʔabdān
Nominative	أَبْدَانٌ ʔabdānun	الْأَبْدَانُ al-ʔabdānu	أَبْدَانُ ʔabdānu
Accusative	أَبْدَانًا ʔabdānan	الْأَبْدَانَ al-ʔabdāna	أَبْدَانَ ʔabdāna
Genitive	أَبْدَانٍ ʔabdānin	الْأَبْدَانِ al-ʔabdāni	أَبْدَانِ ʔabdāni

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “بدنة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 97
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بدنة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 169
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدنة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 112