ভাটি
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali ভাঠি (bhaṭhi), from Prakrit *𑀪𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀅 (*bhaṭṭhia), from Sanskrit *भ्रष्ट्रिक (bhráṣṭrika), from भ्रष्ट्र (bhráṣṭra, “gridiron”) + -इक (-ika), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráṣṭram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráštram, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréǵ-trom, from *bʰerǵ ~ *bʰreǵ (“to roast, fry”). Cognate with Assamese ভটা (bhota), Odia ଭାଟି (bhāṭi), Maithili भठी (bhaṭhī), भट्टी (bhaṭṭī), Gujarati ભઠ્ઠી (bhaṭhṭhī), Nepali भाटि (bhāṭi), Hindi भट्ठी (bhaṭṭhī), भाड़ (bhāṛ), Marathi भट्टी (bhaṭṭī), Punjabi ਭਟ੍ਠੀ (bhaṭṭhī), Sindhi باٺاِي (baṭhī), Phalura bhaṛíi.
Pronunciation
Noun
ভাটি • (bhaṭi)
Related terms
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhráṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press