બાતમી
Gujarati
Etymology
A corruption of Classical Persian بَاطِنِی (bātinī), from Arabic بَاطِنِيّ (bāṭiniyy).[1] The nasal changes from /n/ to /m/ and there is a semantic broadening from “interior” to “news”. False cognate of Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Compare Marathi बातमी (bātmī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈbɑt̪.mi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: બાત‧મી
Noun
બાતમી • (bātmī) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | બાતમી (bātmī) | બાતમીઓ (bātmīo) |
| oblique | બાતમી (bātmī) | બાતમીઓ (bātmīo) |
| vocative | બાતમી (bātmī) | બાતમીઓ (bātmīo) |
| instrumental | બાતમી (bātmī) | બાતમીઓ (bātmīo) |
| locative | બાતમીએ (bātmīe) | બાતમીઓએ (bātmīoe) |
Derived terms
- બાતમીદાર (bātmīdār, “correspondent”)
References
- ^ નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “બાતમી”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words][1] (in Gujarati), volume 4, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 150, column 1
Further reading
- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “બાતમી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 6306.
- “બાતમી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.