ꠜꠣꠔ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit भक्त (bhakta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. Cognate with Assamese ভাত (bhat), Bengali ভাত (bhat), Marathi भात (bhāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bát̪/

Noun

ꠜꠣꠔ • (bát)

1. cooked rice
2. (by extension) meal, food

See also

• (unhusked) ꠗꠣꠘ (dáno)
• (uncooked husked) ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “baŧ%20¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.