Arabic

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Etymology

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Cognate with Hebrew ב-ת-ל (b-t-l).

Root

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ب ت ل (b-t-l)

  1. related to cutting-off, severing

Derived terms

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  • بَتُول (batūl, chaste, virgin); also a female given name
  • مُبَتَّل (mubattal, ascetic, recluse; pious, godly man)
  • بَتِيل (batīl, a palm branch severed from the rest of the tree; the flow of water under a mountain)
  • بَتِيلَة (batīla, a body part that's perfect and distinguishable from the others)
  • مُبَتَّل (mubattal, having a perfectly-created body, in which every part (cut) of the body is beautiful on its own; someone who severs himself from society to worship God)
  • مُبْتِل (mubtil, a palm tree with numerous branches)
  • تَبْتِيل (tabtīl, worshiping and Devotion to God; perfection in the body in which every part is gorgeous)
  • مَبْتَل (mabtal, location of a cut)
Onomastics
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