ابٹن

ابٹن

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بَٹْنا‎ (baṭnā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀡 (uvvaṭṭaṇa), from Sanskrit उद्वर्तन (udvartana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊb.ʈən/

Noun

اُبْٹَنْ • (ubṭan) m (Hindi spelling उबटन)

1. a paste (made up of meal, turmeric, oil and perfume) rubbed on the body to clean and soften the skin
   1. massaging of the body using it
2. any ointment

   Synonyms: لیپ (lep), مَرْہَم (marham)

Declension

Declension of ابٹن
	singular	plural
direct	اُبْٹَن‎ (ubṭan)	اُبْٹَن‎ (ubṭan)
oblique	اُبْٹَن‎ (ubṭan)	اُبْٹَنوں‎ (ubṭanō̃)
vocative	اُبْٹَن‎ (ubṭan)	اُبْٹَنو‎ (ubṭanō)

Further reading

• “ابٹن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ubṭan”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 3
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ابٹنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 25
• “ابٹن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.