باطلا

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l)

Etymology[edit]

Adverbial accusative of بَاطِل (bāṭil, vain).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

بَاطِلًا (bāṭilan)

  1. for no purpose, uselessly, for nothing, futilely
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:191:
      رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَـٰذَا بَـٰطِلًۭا
      Our Lord! You have not created ˹all of˺ this without purpose.

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