थट्टा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀞𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*ṭhaṭṭha, “joke”). Cognate with Gujarati ઠટ્ઠૉ (ṭhaṭṭhŏ), Hindustani ٹَھٹّھا (ṭhaṭṭhā) / ठट्ठा (ṭhaṭṭhā), Sindhi ٺَٺو / ठठो, Punjabi ਠੱਠਾ (ṭhaṭṭhā) / ٹھٹھّا (ṭhṭhhā), Nepali ठट्टा (ṭhaṭṭā), Odia ଥଟା (thaṭā), ଥଟ୍ଟା (thaṭṭā), Bengali ঠাট্টা (ṭhaṭṭa), Assamese ঠাটা (thata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəʈ.ʈa/

Noun

थट्टा • (thaṭṭā) f

1. jeering, making fun of

Derived terms

• थट्टामस्करी (thaṭṭāmaskarī)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “थट्टा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ठठ्ठा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ठठ्ठा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhaṭṭha²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 306