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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very obscure, with limited attestation. Its primary meaning relates to being distracted from truth by amusement or play. Other derived terms refer to specific place names or foreign loanwords.

Derived headwords

بَرِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be distracted by playclassical

    The man becomes distracted from the truth by amusement or play.

البُرْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    headwearclassical

    A headwear item, which is a loanword from Persian 'barta'. It has no established usage in Arabic.

بُرُوطname
  1. 1.
    village namemodern

    A village located in the Ashmunayn region of Egypt. The common pronunciation is 'Barut'.

بَرَطَبَاتname
  1. 1.
    village namemodern

    A village in the Ashmunayn region.

Parallel reading

برط الرجل، كفرح، إذا اشتغل عن الحق باللهو
The man became distracted from the truth by amusement.
وأما البرطة، محركة، لما يلبس على الرأس فهو معرب برتا، وفارسية، ليس له حظ في العربية.
As for the 'burta', when vocalized with short vowels, it refers to something worn on the head, which is a Persian loanword 'barta', and it has no standing in Arabic.
وبروط، كصبور: قرية بالأشمونين من أعمال مصر، والعامة تقولها: باروط، وتذكر مع أهوى.
And 'Burut', like 'subur', is a village in Ashmunayn, in the province of Egypt. The common people call it 'Barut', and it is mentioned alongside 'Ahwa'.
برطبات، بالفتح قرية من أعمال الأشمونين.
'Baratabat', with a fatha, is a village in the province of Ashmunayn.