بَطُخ

Kashmiri

Etymology

Possibly from Classical Persian بت (bat, “duck”), related to Sanskrit वर्तक (vartaka, “quail”). Cognate with Hindustani بطخ / बत्तख़ (battax), Punjabi ਬੱਤਕ (battak), ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax), Gujarati બતક (batak), Sindhi بَدَڪَ (badaka) / Sindhi बदक (badaka), Marathi बदक (badak), Konkani बदक (badak), Odia ବତକ (bôtôkô).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [batukʰ]

Noun

بَطُخ • (batukh) m (plural بَطَخ, Devanagari बतुख़)

1. male duck, drake

See also

• بَتٕچ (batục, “a female duck”)

References

• S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎^[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 265