Duck in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “Duck” in Hindi is बत्तख़, pronounced battakh — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Hypercorrection of Classical Persian بطک (bat̤ak, “duck”), a wanderwort related to Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa), بَطّ (baṭṭ) (which itself is from Classical Persian بت (bat), perhaps with the diminutive suffix ـه (-a)), Old Armenian բադ (bad) and Sanskrit वर्तक (vartaka, “quail”), among others. Doublet of बत्त (batt) and बदक (badak).
Cognate with Punjabi ਬਤਕ (batak), ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax) / بَطَّخ (bat̤t̤ax), Gujarati બતક (batak), Sindhi बदक (badaka) / Sindhi بَدَڪَ (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), Malayalam വാത്ത (vātta).
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Cognate with Punjabi ਬਤਕ (batak), ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax) / بَطَّخ (bat̤t̤ax), Gujarati બતક (batak), Sindhi बदक (badaka) / Sindhi بَدَڪَ (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), Malayalam വാത്ത (vātta).
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