Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese balde. Cognate with Hindi बालटी (bālṭī)
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /balt̪i/, [ˈbal̪t̪iˑ]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /balt̪i/, [ˈbal̪t̪iˑ]
Noun
বালতি • (balti)
- a bucket, pail
- a bucketful, pailful
- এক বালতি পানি ― ek baloti pani ― a bucket of water
- বালতি বালতি জল ― baloti baloti jol ― pailfuls of water