బాతు

See also: బొంత, బూతు, and బంతి

Telugu

Etymology

From Portuguese pato (“duck”) or from Urdu بتک (batak, “duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːt̪u/

Noun

బాతు • (bātu) n (plural బాతులు)

1. duck

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479.