બતક

Gujarati

બતક

Etymology

A wanderwort of uncertain ultimate origin. Likely entered Gujarati via Classical Persian بت (bat, “duck”) (perhaps with the diminutive suffix ـه (-a)). While folk etymology derives it from Sanskrit वर्तक (vartaka, “quail”).
Compare Hindustani بطخ / बत्तख़ (battax), Kashmiri بَطُخ (batux), Konkani बदक (badak), Marathi बदक (badak), Punjabi ਬਤਕ (batak), Odia ବତକ (bataka), and Sindhi بَدَڪَ / बदक (badaka).

further related words

Similar words can also be found in: Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), Armenian բադ (bad), Bulgarian патка (patka), Chechen бад (bad), Classical Syriac ܒܛܐ (baṭṭāʾ), Dargwa бятӏ (bəṭ), Georgian ბატი (baṭi), Laki بەت (bet), Lezgi пӏатӏ (ṗaṭ), Northern Kurdish bet, and Spanish pato.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbə.t̪ək/
• Rhymes: -ək
• Hyphenation: બ‧તક

Noun

બતક • (batak) f

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)