بَطُخ

Kashmiri

Etymology

Possibly from Classical Persian (bat, “duck”), related to Sanskrit वर्तक (vartaka, “quail”). Cognate with Hindustani بطخ / बत्तख़ (battax), Punjabi ਬੱਤਕ (battak), ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax), Gujarati બતક (batak), Sindhi بَدَڪَ (badaka) / Sindhi बदक (badaka), Marathi बदक (badak), Konkani बदक (badak), Odia ବତକ (bôtôkô).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [batukʰ]

Noun

بَطُخ • (batukh) m (plural بَطَخ, Devanagari बतुख़)

male duck, drake

See also

بَتٕچ (batục, “a female duck”)

References

S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎ (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 265

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