baát

See also: baat and báaṭ

Palula

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit वृत्ति (vṛtti)vṛd.

Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā)

Palula baát

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā, “livelihood, business; tidings”), a vṛddhi derivative of वृत्ति (vṛtti, “profession, job”), from वृत् (vṛt) + -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baát/

Noun

baát f (Perso-Arabic spelling بات)

1. word
2. talk

   baát díi ― to say, talk about, tell

3. issue, matter
4. speech, language

Declension

Declension of baát (i-decl w/ umlaut)

	singular	plural
nominative	baát	beetí
oblique	beetí	beetíim

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “baát”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vārtta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674