బాతు

See also: బొంత, బూతు, and బంతి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pato (“duck”) or Urdu بَطَّخ (battax). Cognate with Tamil வாத்து (vāttu), Malayalam വാത്ത (vātta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːt̪u/

Noun

బాతు • (bātu) n (plural బాతులు)

  1. duck

References

  • Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479.
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