batta

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See also: Batta, battā, and båtta

English

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Etymology

From Hindi भत्ता (bhattā).

Pronunciation

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

  1. (India, dated) An exchange rate.
  2. (India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.
  3. (India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
    • (Can we date this quote?) The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)
      On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.

References

“batta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

batta

  1. third-person singular past historic of batter

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

battā̀ f (plural battōcī, possessed form battàr̃)

  1. leather pouch (e.g., for tobacco)
  2. small metal container (e.g., of tiger balm)

Italian

Verb

batta

  1. inflection of battere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

batta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばった
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バッタ

Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
b-t-j (being slight)
2 terms

From Arabic بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa, “to make or become slow”).

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

  1. (intransitive) to abate, subside
Conjugation
    Conjugation of batta
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m battejt battejt batta battejna battejtu battew
f battiet
imperfect m nbatti tbatti jbatti nbattu tbattu jbattu
f tbatti
imperative batti battu

Etymology 2

Root
b-t-j (knocking)
2 terms

Borrowed from Sicilian bàttiri and/or Italian battere, both from Latin battuere.

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

  1. (transitive) to knock, beat
    Synonym: ħabbat
  2. (transitive) to knock over
Conjugation
    Conjugation of batta
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m battejt battejt batta battejna battejtu battew
f battiet
imperfect m nbatti tbatti jbatti nbattu tbattu jbattu
f tbatti
imperative batti battu
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