برتن

See also: ثرتن, ترپن, and ترثن

Arabic

Verb

بُرْتُنَّ • (burtunna) (form I) /bur.tun.na/

1. second-person feminine plural past active of بَارَ (bāra)

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ltn' /⁠abar-tan⁠/, “arrogant”). By surface analysis, بر (bar, “superior”) +‎ تن (tan, “body, person”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bar.ˈtan/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

Readings
Classical reading?	bartan
Dari reading?	bartan
Iranian reading?	bartan
Tajik reading?	bartan

Adjective

برتن • (bartan) (Tajik spelling бартан)

1. (Classical Persian) arrogant, selfish

Noun

برتن • (bartan) (Tajik spelling бартан)

1. (Classical Persian) arrogant man

Derived terms

• برتنی (bartanī / bartani)

Etymology 2

From بر (bar, “on”) +‎ تن (tan, “body”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bar.ˈtan/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.t̪ʰán]

Readings
Classical reading?	bartan
Dari reading?	bartan
Iranian reading?	bartan
Tajik reading?	bartan

Noun

برتن • (bartan) (Tajik spelling бартан)

1. (Classical Persian) clothes (on one's body)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “برتن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

From برتنا (baratnā, “to use, make use of”) +‎ ان (an). Compare Punjabi ਵਰਤਣ (vartaṇ) / وَرْتَݨ (vartaṇ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.t̪ən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

بَرْتَن • (bartan) m (Hindi spelling बर्तन)

1. crockery, dinnerware, tableware; any vessel used for eating

   عورت نے برتن صاف کرنے شروع کیے۔

   ’aurat ne bartan sāf karne śurū kiye.

   The lady began cleaning the dishes.

Declension

Declension of برتن

	singular	plural
direct	برتن (bartan)	برتن (bartan)
oblique	برتن (bartan)	برتنوں (bartanõ)
vocative	برتن (bartan)	برتنو (bartano)

Descendants

• → Pashto: برتن

References

• “برتن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “برتن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.