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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”). Perhaps a doublet of بادانه (badana, “whitewash, limewash”).
Noun
بطانه • (bıtane) (plural بطاین (bıtayin))
- lining, a covering for the inside surface of something
- Synonyms: آستار (astar), فودره (fodra)
- confidant, intimate friend, a person in whom one can confide
- Synonym: ناموس (namus)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bıtane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 590
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bıtâne”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 124
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بطانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 842
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بطانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 369