بتان
Chadian Arabic
Etymology
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Adverb
بتان • (battān)
- again
- 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic][1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 44:25:
- وَ وَكِتْ أَبُونَا قَالْ لَيْنَا بَتَّانْ نَجُوا نَشْرُوا مَعَاشْ شِيَّةْ
- wa wakit ʔabūna gāl lēna battān naju našru maʔāš šiyya
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 27
- Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 258