The origins of the word bhatta
Bhaat means rice and it becomes bhatta for boiled rice, which used to be handed out in small amounts, say a handful, with the salaries for the lower servants or staff of a household in the subcontinent. “It meant a little something extra,” he told The Express Tribune on Sunday over the telephone.
Criminals did not start by using the word ‘bhatta’ but used to ask for ‘a little something extra’. In fact, he said, the word bhatta has the original meaning in the official 24-volume Urdu dictionary till today.
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thank you for explaining the origin of this word. The word bhaat is used for rice in many subcontinental languages, I guess.
Keep up the good work and ignore the burgers on this site.
I want back the 10 seconds of my life i spent reading this
The word Bhatt means rice not Bhaat. And Bhat is a Sindhi word used for rice like Khicheri. So, please ask Mr Khaled Ahmed to correct his info. The word Bhatta is origin of Bhatto means daily wages (Dehari).
do you have any more of these? any basis of words like "supari" etc.?
What is this? A newspaper or a joke?
so?
was that thing worth publishing online???