How to say "belly, stomach" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbelly, stomach
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَطْن
baṭnבטן
بطن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בטן
betenبِتِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ط-نHebrew root
ב-ט-נBaṭn = בטן, letter for letter, emphatic ṭ and all. Same word from the Bible to the Gulf.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كرْش
kershכרשDarija's belly is kersh (MSA kirsh, 'paunch').
In a phrase
عِنْدِي وَجَع فِي الْبَطْن
ʿindī wajaʿ fī l-baṭnענדי וג'ע פי אל-בטןI have a bellyache.
Plural
بُطُون
buṭūnבטוןbroken plural CuCūC — like رأس→رؤوس