بطانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”). Perhaps a doublet of بادانه (badana, “whitewash, limewash”).

Noun

بطانه • (bıtane) (plural بطاین (bıtayin))

1. lining, a covering for the inside surface of something

   Synonyms: آستار (astar), فودره (fodra)

2. confidant, intimate friend, a person in whom one can confide

   Synonym: ناموس (namus)

Descendants

• Turkish: bıtane

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^[1] (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^[2], Vienna, column 842
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بطانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 369