بِطَانَةٌ

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بِطَانَةٌ The lining, or inner covering, of a garment, or piece of cloth [&c.]; contr. of ظِهَارَةٌ; as also بَاطِنَةٌ : (JK in art. ظهر:) pl. of the former بَطَائنُ.
2 A secret that a man conceals. One says, هُوَ ذُو بِطَانَةٍ بِفُلَانٍ, i. e. He is one who possesses knowledge of the inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of the case, or affair, of such a one.
3 A particular, or special, intimate, friend, or associate; one who is particularly distinguished by entering into, and becoming acquainted with, the inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of one's case or affair; an intimate and familiar friend or associate; a confidential friend, who is consulted respecting one's circumstances: it is from the same word in the sense first explained above, relating to a garment, or piece of cloth: and is used in a pl. sense, as meaning intimate and familiar friends or associates, to whom one is open, or unreserved, in conversation, and who know the inward state or circumstances [of one's case or affair]: or one's family; and one's particular, or special, intimates, friends, or associates. You say, هُوَ بِطَانَتِى [He is my particular, or special, intimate, &c.]: and هُمْ بِطَانَتِى and أَهْلُ بِطَانَتِى [They are my particular, or special, intimates, &c.]. See also 4.
4 Coupled with عَلَاوَة, it signifies What is put beneath [the things that compose the main load of a camel], such as a water-skin and the like.
5 See also بَاطِنَةٌ.

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