ਬਤਕ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਬਤਖ਼ (batax)

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi बत्तख़ (battax), बतख़ (batax), Gujarati બતક (batak), Sindhi بَدَڪَ (badaka) / Sindhi बदक (badaka), Marathi बदक (badak), Konkani बदक (badak), Odia ବତକ (bataka), Kashmiri بَطُخ (batux), and perhaps in the Dravidian languages, Telugu బాతు (bātu), Kannada ಬಾತುಕೋಳಿ (bātukōḷi).

Noun

ਬਤਕ • (batak) f

1. duck
2. goose

Further reading

• “ਬਤਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024