পাত্তা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani पता / پتا (patā, “address; knowledge, hint”), from Prakrit पत्तिअ (pattia), from Sanskrit প্রত্যায়যতি (pratyāẏayati).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pat̪ːa/, [ˈpat̪ːaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pat̪ːa/, [ˈpat̪ːaˑ]

  Audio:

  (file)

Noun

পাত্তা • (patta)

1. address; whereabouts; trace
2. news, information
3. (by extension) attention, regard, heed

   তাকে কেউ পাত্তা দেয় না।

   take keu patta deẏ na.

   No one pays attention to him/her.

Derived terms

• পাত্তা দেওয়া (patta deōẇa, “to pay or give attention”)
• বেপাত্তা (bepatta)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 447