باطية

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic, cognate with Classical Syriac ܒܳܛܺܝܬܴܐ (bāṭīṯā) and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בָּטִיתָא (bāṭīṯā), with a possible mediary Old Persian *bātah (“wine, must”) from Akkadian 𒁀𒂅𒌑 (baṭû, “tray, platter; mixing container, bowl for liquids; wine jar, pitcher”), from earlier Akkadian 𒁀𒋾𒌝 (baṭium, “vessel, basin, place to hold; tray, platter”) shifting semantically by the Neo-Babylonian period, but consistently an item listed with sets of vessels. Ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *bvṭ- (“a space or vessel; to be swollen, filled up, slow; to mix, agitate, or gurgle; to be hollow or emptied out, to lose or spread out contents”). Further cognates with Persian بادیه (bâdye, “deep earthen wine-jug”), Persian باده (bâde, “wine”), Ancient Greek βατιάκη (batiákē), Latin batiaca, batioca, batiola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.tˤi.ja/

Noun

بَاطِيَة • (bāṭiya) f (plural بَوَاطٍ (bawāṭin), plural construct state بَوَاطِي (bawāṭī))

1. an earthen vessel used for storing wine

   Synonym: نَاجُود (nājūd)

   • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 51:128:

     فَانْطَلَقَ مَعَ جَارِيَتِهَا فَطَفِقَتْ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ بَابًا أَغْلَقَتْهُ دُونَهُ حَتَّى أَفْضَى إِلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَضِيئَةٍ عِنْدَهَا غُلَامٌ وَبَاطِيَةُ خَمْرٍ. […] قَالَ فَاسْقِينِي مِنْ هَذَا الْخَمْرِ كَأْسًا فَسَقَتْهُ كَأْسًا.

     fānṭalaqa maʕa jāriyatihā faṭafiqat kullamā daḵala bāban ʔaḡlaqathu dūnahu ḥattā ʔafḍā ʔilā mraʔatin waḍīʔatin ʕindahā ḡulāmun wabāṭiyatu ḵamrin. […] qāla fāsqīnī min haḏā l-ḵamri kaʔsan fasaqathu kaʔsan.

     So he set out with her slave girl, and every time he entered a door, she locked it behind him, until he reached a spruce woman who had with her a boy and a vessel of wine. […] He said: ”Pour me of this wine a cup”. So she poured him a cup.

Declension

Declension of noun بَاطِيَة (bāṭiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَاطِيَة bāṭiya	الْبَاطِيَة al-bāṭiya	بَاطِيَة bāṭiyat
Nominative	بَاطِيَةٌ bāṭiyatun	الْبَاطِيَةُ al-bāṭiyatu	بَاطِيَةُ bāṭiyatu
Accusative	بَاطِيَةً bāṭiyatan	الْبَاطِيَةَ al-bāṭiyata	بَاطِيَةَ bāṭiyata
Genitive	بَاطِيَةٍ bāṭiyatin	الْبَاطِيَةِ al-bāṭiyati	بَاطِيَةِ bāṭiyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَاطِيَتَيْن bāṭiyatayn	الْبَاطِيَتَيْن al-bāṭiyatayn	بَاطِيَتَيْ bāṭiyatay
Nominative	بَاطِيَتَانِ bāṭiyatāni	الْبَاطِيَتَانِ al-bāṭiyatāni	بَاطِيَتَا bāṭiyatā
Accusative	بَاطِيَتَيْنِ bāṭiyatayni	الْبَاطِيَتَيْنِ al-bāṭiyatayni	بَاطِيَتَيْ bāṭiyatay
Genitive	بَاطِيَتَيْنِ bāṭiyatayni	الْبَاطِيَتَيْنِ al-bāṭiyatayni	بَاطِيَتَيْ bāṭiyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَوَاطِي bawāṭī	الْبَوَاطِي al-bawāṭī	بَوَاطِي bawāṭī
Nominative	بَوَاطٍ bawāṭin	الْبَوَاطِي al-bawāṭī	بَوَاطِي bawāṭī
Accusative	بَوَاطِيَ bawāṭiya	الْبَوَاطِيَ al-bawāṭiya	بَوَاطِيَ bawāṭiya
Genitive	بَوَاطٍ bawāṭin	الْبَوَاطِي al-bawāṭī	بَوَاطِي bawāṭī

Descendants

• → Persian: باطیه (bâtiye) ?

References

• “bṭy²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “baṭû (baṭiu)”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 2, B, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1965, page 178
• “باطية” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 73
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 171
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “باطية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 133
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “باطية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 222