Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Egyptian Arabic metathesis.

Noun edit

بَرْطَمَان (barṭamānm (plural بَرْطَمَانَات (barṭamānāt))

  1. Alternative form of مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French appartement.

Noun edit

بَرْطَمَان (barṭamānm (plural بَرْطَمَانَات (barṭamānāt))

  1. (Tunisia) apartment, flat
    Synonym: شَقَّة (šaqqa) (from other dialects)
Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “برطمان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 59b, where the “Egyptian” label has been removed in comparison to previous editions