متن

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See also: مين

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ت ن (m-t-n)

Verb

مَتُنَ (matuna) I, non-past يَمْتُنُ‎ (yamtunu)

  1. to be firm, to be solid, to be sturdy
Conjugation

Verb

مَتَنَ (matana) I, non-past يَمْتُنُ‎ (yamtunu) (obsolete)

  1. to hit hard, to strike strongly
  2. to hit on the back
Conjugation

Verb

مَتَّنَ (mattana) II, non-past يُمَتِّنُ‎ (yumattinu)

  1. to strengthen, to solidify, to make sturdier, to render stout
Conjugation

Noun

مَتْن (matnm (plural مُتُون (mutūn) or مِتَان (mitān))

  1. back, ridge, or specifically the erector spinae muscles
  2. the core part of something
    1. body, text without notes
    2. text
    3. operative part
    4. parenchyma
  3. surface
  4. board, deck (such as of a ship)
  5. verbal noun of مَتَنَ (matana) (form I)
Declension
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: մատն (matn)
    • Armenian: մատ (mat)
  • Azerbaijani: mətn
  • Tatar: мәтен (mäten)
  • Ottoman Turkish: متن (metn)
  • Persian: متن (matn)
  • Uzbek: matn

Adjective

مَتْن (matn) (elative أَمْتَن (ʔamtan))

  1. firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

مُتُّنَّ (muttunna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)

Verb

مُتْنَ (mutna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of مَاتَ (māta)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَتْن (matn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? matn
Dari reading? matn
Iranian reading? matn
Tajik reading? matn

Noun

Dari متن
Iranian Persian
Tajik матн

مَتن (matn) (plural مَتن‌ها (matn-hâ) or مُتون (motun))

  1. text, document
    Synonym: نوشته (nevešte)
  2. context (of a word)