برتن

See also: ثرتن, ترپن, and ترثن

Arabic

Verb

بُرْتُنَّ • (burtunna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural past active of بَارَ (bāra)

Urdu

Etymology

From برتنا (baratnā, “to use, make use of”) +‎ ان (an). Compare Punjabi وَرْتَݨ (vartaṇ) / ਵਰਤਣ (vartaṇ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.t̪ən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

بَرْتَن • (bartan) m (Hindi spelling बर्तन)

1. crockery, dinnerware, tableware; any vessel used for eating

   عورت نے برتن صاف کرنے شروع کیے۔

   ’aurat ne bartan sāf karne śurū kiye.

   The lady began cleaning the dishes.

Declension

Declension of برتن
	singular	plural
direct	برتن (bartan)	برتن (bartan)
oblique	برتن (bartan)	برتنوں (bartanō̃)
vocative	برتن (bartan)	برتنو (bartanō)

References

• “برتن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “برتن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.