Quranic root
بدن
b · d · n
The root centers on the bodily substance or bodily person of a thing, distinct from its extremities.
From the notion of bodily mass or substantial form, the lexicon develops meanings of corporeality, bodily largeness and fatness, age-related bulk, the sacrificial animal named for its size or fattening, and body-covering armor.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
بَدَنٌ
badanun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The body or bodily person, especially the corporeal body distinguished from the soul.
In 10:92, ببدنك refers to the body rather than the living person; the lexical interpretation includes a body left without the soul.
- Lane · entry 35824
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 10:92word 3
“in your body”
A coat of mail or other short body-covering armor.
An attested alternative interpretation of ببدنك in 10:92; the term is also used for armor or a garment that covers the body.
- Lane · entry 35824
- Lane · entry 35822
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بَدَنَةٌ
badanahun
- Part of speech
- Noun · sacrificial animal
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A sacrificial camel, and by established sacrificial usage also a cow or bull; in the Quranic plural, the animals offered as sacrifice.
The Quranic form is the plural بُدْنَ, referring to sacrificial animals brought or offered for the rite. The lexical evidence distinguishes this term from sheep and goats.
- Lane · entry 35827
- Lane · entry 35823
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 22:36word 1
“And the camels and cattle”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 13 Classical meanings
بَدُنَ
To be or become big-bodied, bulky, corpulent, or fat.
A Form I verb used of a man or a camel; بَدَنَ is also reported as a variant.
- Lane · entry 35821
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بَدَّنَ
To become aged, weak, or heavy through age.
The aging sense is distinguished from simple bodily corpulence in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 35822
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بَدَّنَ
To become fat or corpulent.
A classical usage of the Form II verb, alongside the reported aging sense.
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بُدْنٌ
Fatness and compactness; fat or adipose substance.
This is a nominal meaning distinct from the plural use of بُدْنٌ for a sacrificial animal.
- Lane · entry 35823
بَدَنٌ
The body or central panel of a shirt or jubba, lying against the back and belly without sleeves or gores; by extension, a small jubba.
A garment-related use derived from the body's central covering.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنٌ
In شِرْكَةُ الأَبْدَانِ, bodily partnership or copartnership in physical labor for earning gains.
A conventional commercial or legal expression.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنٌ
A limb or member, especially the limbs of a slaughtered camel.
A specialized application of the body term.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنٌ
An old or aged man.
Used adjectivally of a person characterized as aged.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنٌ
An old mountain goat or ibex.
A specialized zoological use for an aged mountain goat.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنٌ
The lineage or parentage of a man, including the grounds of his claim to respect or honor.
A figurative extension from bodily identity to ancestry and social standing.
- Lane · entry 35824
بَدَنِيٌّ
Of or relating to the body; corporeal.
An adjectival derivative of بَدَنٌ.
- Lane · entry 35828
بَادِنٌ
Big-bodied, bulky, corpulent, or fat; heavy in body, including heaviness due to age.
An adjective describing bodily size or heaviness.
- Lane · entry 35830
مِبْدَانٌ
One that becomes fat quickly despite little fodder or food.
A specialized descriptive noun for an animal or person that gains fat readily.
- Lane · entry 35832
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic interpretation of ببدنك in 10:92 is reported both as the body and as a coat of mail; these are retained as separate Quranic senses.
The public headword بَدَنَةٌ is the singular citation form for the Quranic plural بُدْنَ. Classical usage also records بُدْنٌ as a plural of بَادِنٌ, but the Quranic context is sacrificial.
Classical evidence varies over whether بَدَنَةٌ includes male camels and bovines; the entry reflects the attested camel, cow, and bull range and the explicit exclusion of sheep and goats.