باطل

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Arabic

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Root
ب ط ل (b ṭ l)
9 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of the verb بَطَلَ (baṭala, to be vain, to be false).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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بَاطِل (bāṭil) (feminine بَاطِلَة (bāṭila))

  1. false
    Antonyms: حَقّ (ḥaqq), صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)
    اِتِّهَامٌ بَاطِلٌittihāmun bāṭilunfalse accusation
  2. vain
  3. useless
  4. invalid, null and void
  5. (islamic jurisprudence, Islam) invalid

Declension

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Noun

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بَاطِل (bāṭilm (plural أَبَاطِيل (ʔabāṭīl) or بَوَاطِل (bawāṭil) or بُطُل (buṭul))

  1. falsehood
    Antonym: حَقّ (ḥaqq)
    مَا أُسِّسَ عَلَى بَاطِلٍ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ.
    mā ʔussisa ʕalā bāṭilin fahuwa bāṭilun.
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:81:
      جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا
      jāʾa l-ḥaqqu wazahaqa l-bāṭilu ʾinna l-bāṭila kāna zahūqan
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  2. wrong, injustice
    Antonym: حَقّ (ḥaqq)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:188:
      وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَرِيقًا مِنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْإِثْمِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
      walā taʔkulū ʔamwālakum baynakum bi-l-bāṭili watudlū bihā ʔilā l-ḥukkāmi litaʔkulū farīqan min ʔamwāli n-nāsi bi-l-ʔiṯmi waʔantum taʕlamūna
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Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: batil
  • Persian: باطل (bâtil)
  • Ottoman Turkish: باطل (batıl)

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bātil
Dari reading? bātil
Iranian reading? bâtel
Tajik reading? botil

Adjective

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Dari باطل
Iranian Persian
Tajik ботил

باطل (bâtil)

  1. null, void, cancelled
  2. vain, false, untrue, illusive
    Synonym: عاطل ('âtil)

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