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badana

tanned sheepskinpiel curtida de oveja

Comes from Arabic

بِطَانَة

biṭāna

“lining”«forro»

In Andalusi Arabic: بَطَانَة baṭāna

Arabic today says

جِلْد مَدْبُوغ

jild madbūgh

Root

ب ط ن

b-ṭ-n

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Sheepskin was used for lining, hence the name (baṭn is "belly, inside"). It survives in zurrar la badana, "to give a beating".La piel de oveja servía para forrar, y de ahí el nombre (baṭn es «vientre, interior»). Sobrevive en «zurrar la badana», dar una paliza.

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