বাট

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Assamese

কৌৰতি বাট
kourotit bat
Roads in Kavaratti

Etymology

From Early Assamese বাট (baṭo), from Sanskrit ৱৰ্ত্মন্ (vártman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wártma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wártma, from Proto-Indo-European *wértmn̥. Cognate with Sylheti ꠛꠣꠐ (baṭ), Braj बाट (bāṭ), Nepali बाटो (bāṭo), Gujarati વાટ (vāṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

বাট (bat)

  1. road, street, path, alley route
    Synonyms: আলিবাট (alibat), ৰাস্তা (rasta), আলি (ali), পথ (poth), ৰাহ (rah)
  2. direction
  3. way, method

Declension

Derived terms


Bengali

Etymology

From Sanskrit ৱৰ্ত্মন্ (vártman, track, way), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wártma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wártma, from Proto-Indo-European *wért-mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn). Cognate to Assamese বাট (bat), Hindi बाट (bāṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

বাট (baṭ) (locative বাটে (baṭe))

  1. (chiefly poetic) a path, road

Old Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्त्मन् (vártman), from Proto-Indo-European *wértmn̥.

Noun

বাট (baṭo)

  1. road
    শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষস বাট চাই ।
    উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই
    śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
    ujagore roila duyö bhai .
    Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
    (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants

  • Assamese: বাট (bat)