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 (bhaṭi), 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

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bʱaʈi/, [ˈbʱaʈiˑ], [ˈvaʈiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bʱati/, [ˈbʱatiˑ], [ˈvatiˑ]

Noun

ভাটি • (bhaṭi)

1. kiln, furnace

Related terms

• ভাজা (bhaja)
• ভাজি (bhaji)
• ভুট্টা (bhuṭṭa)
• ভাটিয়ারা (bhaṭiẏara), ভেটেরা (bheṭera)
• ভুজা (bhuja)
• ভুনা (bhuna)
• বিরিয়ানি (biriẏani)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhráṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press