भात بھات ♣ Eng. -phagous, pagoda

भात بھات ♣ Eng. -phagous, pagoda

[bʰāt], m. boiled rice.

[◀MIA: Pk. bhatta- n. ‘food, rice’; Pa. bhatta- n. ‘meal, food’ ◀OIA bhaktá- n. ‘food? (Geldner: Speiseanteil)’ RV., ‘meal, food’ Mn., ‘boiled rice’ Uttarar. <√bhaj ‘impart, possess, enjoy’ ◀PIE *bhag- ‘to divide, to share out, apportion’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. -phagous, porgy, pagoda, baksheesh ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0177; (Turner, 1966) 9331, p.532; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 497; (MW, 1899) 0743; (Pokorny, 1959) 0107; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.241