See also: مين

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
م ت ن (m t n)
3 terms

Verb

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مَتُنَ (matuna) I (non-past يَمْتُنُ (yamtunu), verbal noun مَتَانَة (matāna))

  1. to be firm, to be solid, to be sturdy
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مَتَنَ (matana) I (non-past يَمْتُنُ (yamtunu), verbal noun مَتْن (matn)) (obsolete)

  1. to hit hard, to strike strongly
  2. to hit on the back
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مَتَّنَ (mattana) II (non-past يُمَتِّنُ (yumattinu), verbal noun تَمْتِين (tamtīn))

  1. to strengthen, to solidify, to make sturdier, to render stout
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Noun

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مَتْن (matnm (plural مُتُون (mutūn) or مِتَان (mitān))

  1. back, ridge, or specifically the erector spinae muscles
  2. the core part of something
    1. body, text without notes
    2. text
    3. operative part
    4. parenchyma
  3. surface
  4. board, deck (such as of a ship)
  5. verbal noun of مَتَنَ (matana) (form I)
Declension
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Antonyms
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Descendants
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  • Middle Armenian: մատն (matn)
    • Armenian: մատ (mat)
  • Azerbaijani: mətn
  • Tatar: мәтен (mäten)
  • Ottoman Turkish: متن (metn)
  • Pashto: متن (matən)
  • Persian: متن (matn)
  • Uzbek: matn

Adjective

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مَتْن (matn) (elative أَمْتَن (ʔamtan))

  1. firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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متن (form I)

  1. مُتُّنَّ (muttunna) /mut.tun.na/: second-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)
  2. مُتْنَ (mutna) /mut.na/: inflection of مَاتَ (māta):
    1. third-person feminine plural past active
    2. second-person feminine plural imperative
  3. مِتُّنَّ (mittunna) /mit.tun.na/: second-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)
  4. مِتْنَ (mitna) /mit.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)
  5. مَتْنَ (matna) /mat.na/: second-person feminine plural imperative of مَاتَ (māta)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَتْن (matn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? matn
Dari reading? matn
Iranian reading? matn
Tajik reading? matn

Noun

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Dari متن
Iranian Persian
Tajik матн

مَتن (matn) (plural مَتن‌ها (matn-hâ) or مُتون (motun))

  1. text, document
    Synonym: نوشته (nevešte)
  2. context (of a word)