পাত্তা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani पता / پتا (patā, “address; knowledge, hint”), from Prakrit पत्तिअ (pattia), from Sanskrit प्रत्याययति (pratyāyayati).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pat̪ːa/, [ˈpat̪ːaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pat̪ːa/, [ˈpat̪ːaˑ]
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Noun

পাত্তা • (patta)

  1. address; whereabouts; trace
  2. news, information
  3. (by extension) attention, regard, heed
    তাকে কেউ পাত্তা দেয় না।
    take keu patta deẏ na.
    No one pays attention to him/her.

Derived terms
  • পাত্তা দেওয়া (patta deōẇa, “to pay or give attention”)
  • বেপাত্তা (bepatta)

Further reading
  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 447
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