batán

See also: batan

Galician

Batáns (fulling mills) do Mosquetín, Vimianzo, Galicia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batán, probably from Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (baṭán), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋ/

Noun

batán m (plural batáns)

1. fulling mill

   Synonym: folón

References

• “batán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “batán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “batán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (bāṭān), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtan/ [baˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ba‧tán

Noun

batán m (plural batanes)

1. (textile) fulling mill

Derived terms

• abatanar

 

Further reading

• “batán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014