different between batta vs betta

English

Etymology

Hindi ????? (bhatt?)

Pronunciation

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

1. (India, dated) An exchange rate.
2. (India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.
3. (India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
   • (Can we date this quote?) The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

     On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.

References

batta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• at bat, at-bat

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: battas, battât

Verb

batta

1. third-person singular past historic of batter

Hausa

Noun

batt?? f (plural batt?c?, possessed form battàr?)

1. leather pouch (e.g., for tobacco)
2. small metal container (e.g., of tiger balm)

Italian

Verb

batta

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of battere
2. third-person singular imperative of battere

Japanese

Romanization

batta

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bat.ta/
• Homophones: bg?adtha, bg?attha (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Arabic ???????? (ba??a?a, “to make or become slow”).

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (intransitive) to abate, subside

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Sicilian battiri and/or Italian battere, both from Latin battuere.

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (transitive) to knock, beat

   Synonym: ?abbat

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tbatta

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the genus name.

Noun

betta (plural bettas)

1. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).

Synonyms

• (Betta splendens): Siamese fighting fish

Translations

See also

• betta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• betta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Adjective

betta

1. Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of good).
   • 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide, 2001, page 69,

     'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'

Adverb

betta

1. Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of well).
   • 2003, William Jackson, And the Sea Shall Hide Them, 2005, page 202,

     “Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
2. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of better (had better).

Anagrams

• Batte

Plautdietsch

Adjective

betta

1. bitter

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse biti.

Noun

betta m

1. piece