उबटन
Hindi
Alternative forms
- बटना (baṭnā)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀡 (uvvaṭṭaṇa), from Sanskrit उद्वर्तन (udvartana). Doublet of उद्वर्तन (udvartan).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊb.ʈən/, [ʊb.ʈɐ̃n]
Noun
उबटन • (ubṭan) m (Urdu spelling اُبْٹَنْ)
- a paste (made up of meal, turmeric, oil and perfume) rubbed on the body to clean and soften the skin
- massaging of the body using it
- any ointment
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | उबटन ubṭan |
उबटन ubṭan |
| oblique | उबटन ubṭan |
उबटनों ubṭanõ |
| vocative | उबटन ubṭan |
उबटनो ubṭano |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उबटन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उबटन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “उबटन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “उबटन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.