See also: مين

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
م ت ن (m-t-n)

Verb edit

مَتُنَ (matuna) I, non-past يَمْتُنُ‎ (yamtunu)

  1. to be firm, to be solid, to be sturdy
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

مَتَنَ (matana) I, non-past يَمْتُنُ‎ (yamtunu) (obsolete)

  1. to hit hard, to strike strongly
  2. to hit on the back
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

مَتَّنَ (mattana) II, non-past يُمَتِّنُ‎ (yumattinu)

  1. to strengthen, to solidify, to make sturdier, to render stout
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

مَتْن (matnm (plural مُتُون (mutūn) or مِتَان (mitān))

  1. back, ridge, or specifically the erector spinae muscles
  2. the core part of something
    1. body, text without notes
    2. text
    3. operative part
    4. parenchyma
  3. surface
  4. board, deck (such as of a ship)
  5. verbal noun of مَتَنَ (matana) (form I)
Declension edit
Antonyms edit
Descendants edit
  • Middle Armenian: մատն (matn)
    • Armenian: մատ (mat)
  • Azerbaijani: mətn
  • Tatar: мәтен (mäten)
  • Ottoman Turkish: متن (metn)
  • Persian: متن (matn)
  • Uzbek: matn

Adjective edit

مَتْن (matn) (elative أَمْتَن (ʔamtan))

  1. firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

مُتُّنَّ (muttunna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)

Verb edit

مُتْنَ (mutna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of مَاتَ (māta)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَتْن (matn).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? matn
Dari reading? matn
Iranian reading? matn
Tajik reading? matn

Noun edit

Dari متن
Iranian Persian
Tajik матн

مَتن (matn) (plural مَتن‌ها (matn-hâ) or مُتون (motun))

  1. text, document
    Synonym: نوشته (nevešte)
  2. context (of a word)