ابٹن
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- بَٹْنا (baṭnā)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀡 (uvvaṭṭaṇa), from Sanskrit उद्वर्तन (udvartana).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊb.ʈən/
Noun edit
اُبْٹَنْ • (ubṭan) m (Hindi spelling उबटन)
- a paste (made up of meal, turmeric, oil and perfume) rubbed on the body to clean and soften the skin
- massaging of the body using it
- any ointment
Declension edit
| Declension of ابٹن | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | اُبْٹَن (ubṭan) | اُبْٹَن (ubṭan) |
| oblique | اُبْٹَن (ubṭan) | اُبْٹَنوں (ubṭanō̃) |
| vocative | اُبْٹَن (ubṭan) | اُبْٹَنو (ubṭanō) |
Further reading edit
- “ابٹن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ubṭan”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 3
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ابٹنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 25
- “ابٹن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.