बकतर

Hindi

ज़िरह(a chain-mail shirt) with बकतर

Alternative forms

• बक्तर (baktar)
• बख़्तर (baxtar)
• बख्तर (bakhtar)
• बखतर (bakhtar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بكتر (baktar). Compare Marwari बगतर (bagtar) from alternative form بَگْتَر (bagtar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bək.t̪əɾ/, [bɐk.t̪ɐɾ]

Noun

बकतर • (baktar) m (Urdu spelling بکتر)

1. plate armour; cuirass
   • The new Testament of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ in Hindústáni - (in romanized hindi)‎^[1], volume 55, 1840

     ...और सदाक़त का बकरत पहिनके,...

     ...aur sadāqat kā bakrat pahinke,...

     ...and putting on the cuirass of truth,...