batán

• batám, batão (reintegrationist)

Borrowed from Spanish batán, probably from Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (baṭán), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋ/ [baˈt̪ɑŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧tán

batán m (plural batáns)

1. fulling mill

   Synonyms: folón, pisón

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “batán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “batán”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Probably from Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (bāṭān), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈtan/ [baˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ba‧tán

batán m (plural batanes)

1. (textiles) fulling mill
2. South American, Andean and Indian stone utensil for grinding foodstuffs

• “batán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024