vatta

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See also: vátta and vattā

Cypriot Arabic

Root
v-t-t
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa).

Noun

vatta f (plural vattaes)

  1. earthware pitcher with a narrow opening

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 159

Icelandic

Noun

vatta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vatt

Old Norse

Noun

vatta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vǫttr

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From vattati (to happen), its ancestor Sanskrit वर्तति (vartati) or even Proto-Indo-Aryan *vartati. The noun is inherited from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta), which was formerly the past participle. The underlying sense of the noun is 'that which goes on'.

Noun

vatta n

  1. duty
  2. service
  3. function
  4. religious observance, vow
    Synonym: vata
Declension

Verb

vatta

  1. second-person singular imperative active of vattati (to happen)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit वक्त्र (vaktra).

Noun

vatta n

  1. mouth
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

vatta

  1. vocative singular of vatta (sayer)

Etymology 4

Possibly an alternative form of vyatta (evident)

Adjective

vatta

  1. opened wide
Declension

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead