бат

See also: Бат and Appendix:Variations of "bat"

Ket

Alternative forms

• баттат (batad, batat, bātat)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pad (“flat surface”), which is borrowed from Proto-Turkic *bet (“face; page”). Cognate with Yug бат (baːt, “face”). Compare Kazakh бет (bet), Chuvash пит (pit, “face”) and Turkish beti benzi atmak (“to pallor”).

Replaced native хоʼл (hoˀl) except in compounds.

Noun

бат (bāt) n

1. face

   Кеда баттат. (Kureyka dialect)

   Kɛɾa batat.

   Human face

2. forehead

   Бу биньда бат ӄаддъӄ курьаӈуксьибет. (Kellog dialect)

   Bū binʲda bāt qaddʌq tkurʲaŋuksʲibɛt.

   His forehead is very wrinkled.

   Батдиӈольт. (Lebed dialect)

   Bāt-d-iŋɔlʲt.

   The skin of the forehead.

3. muzzle

   Ӄойда баттат. (Kureyka dialect)

   Qɔjda batat.

   The muzzle of a bear.

4. endshore, edge of an island

   Ӄота сьесь ӄолепка ей бат ъӷавот. (Baklaniha dialect)

   Qɔta sʲɛ̄sʲ qɔlɛpka ɛ̄j bāt ʌʁavɔt.

   The edge of the island can be seen from the riverfront.

5. top, elevated part of something

   Ат ӄаʼй баттат кондуӷут. (Maduyka dialect)

   Āt qaˀj batat kɔnduʁut.

   I climb to the top of the mountain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˑt˧], [baˑt˧˥]

References

• Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “bāt (also batad, n.)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 112
• Werner, Heinrich (2002) “бат, баттат с [мн. баттаӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎^[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 20
• Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “77.) ~*kawš”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
• Werner, Heinrich (2002) “bat/báttat (ket., jug., n.)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 107

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat]

Noun

бат • (bat) m inan (genitive ба́та, nominative plural ба́ты, genitive plural ба́тов)

1. baht (currency of Thailand)

Declension

Declension of бат (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́т bát	ба́ты báty
genitive	ба́та báta	ба́тов bátov
dative	ба́ту bátu	ба́там bátam
accusative	ба́т bát	ба́ты báty
instrumental	ба́том bátom	ба́тами bátami
prepositional	ба́те báte	ба́тах bátax

Etymology 2

May be clipping of ботни́к (botník), from verb ботать (botatʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat]

Noun

бат • (bat) m inan (genitive ба́та, nominative plural ба́ты, genitive plural ба́тов)

1. Russian name for a dought canoe traditionally used by Itelmen and Udege people

Declension

Declension of бат (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́т bát	ба́ты báty
genitive	ба́та báta	ба́тов bátov
dative	ба́ту bátu	ба́там bátam
accusative	ба́т bát	ба́ты báty
instrumental	ба́том bátom	ба́тами bátami
prepositional	ба́те báte	ба́тах bátax

Derived terms

• Кутхины баты (Kutxiny baty)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *batъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bât/

Noun

ба̏т m (Latin spelling bȁt)

1. mallet
2. helve hammer

Declension

Declension of бат

	singular	plural
nominative	ба̏т	ба̀тови
genitive	бата	батова
dative	бату	батовима
accusative	бат	батове
vocative	бате	батови
locative	бату	батовима
instrumental	батом	батовима

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصدی (bastı) (Turkish bastı), from باصمق (basmak) (Turkish basmak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːt/

Noun

ба̑т m (Latin spelling bȃt)

1. The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
   • 1939, Čedomir Minderović, Crven je istok i zapad:

     Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / Čuje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!

     Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!

2. (rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves

Declension

Declension of бат

	singular	plural
nominative	ба̑т	ба́тови
genitive	бата	батова
dative	бату	батовима
accusative	бат	батове
vocative	бате	батови
locative	бату	батовима
instrumental	батом	батовима

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːt/

Noun

ба̑т m (Latin spelling bȃt)

1. Alternative form of ба̏хт

Declension

Declension of бат

	singular	plural
nominative	бат	батови
genitive	бата	батова
dative	бату	батовима
accusative	бат	батове
vocative	бате	батови
locative	бату	батовима
instrumental	батом	батовима

References

• “бат”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “бат”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “бат”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ubykh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [batʼ]

Noun

бат • (batʼ)

1. buffalo

References

• Vogt, Hans (1963) Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh‎^[3] (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 88

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bat-.

Verb

бат • (bat)

1. (transitive) to drive out, to expel, to deny

   Synonym: үүр (üür)

2. to pursue, to fit (into)
3. to resemble

Derived terms

• батылын (batılın)