How to say "blanket" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningblanket
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَطَّانِيَّة
baṭṭāniyyaבטאניה
بطانية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שמיכה
smikhaسْمِيخَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ب-ط-نHebrew root
ב-ט-ןRoot ب-ط-ن is exactly Hebrew ב-ט-ן 'belly' — Arabic extended 'the inside, the lining' (بِطَانَة) to anything that covers and lines you, and a blanket duly became baṭṭāniyya, 'the great lining'. Hebrew kept the root anchored to the stomach itself.
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In a phrase
نَامَ تَحْتَ الْبَطَّانِيَّة
nāma taḥta al-baṭṭāniyyaנאם תחת אל-בטאניהHe slept under the blanket.
Plural
بَطَّانِيَّات
baṭṭāniyyātבטאניאתsound feminine plural -āt