bafta
/ˈbæftə/
bafta noun: a coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
Noun (1)
bafta (countable and uncountable, plural baftas)
- A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
- But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171
- An imitation of this fabric.
Noun (2) capitalized: BAFTA
BAFTA (plural BAFTAs)
- A mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.
- Ariana DeBose is doing her “thing” and trying to roll with the punches after this weekend’s BAFTA Film Awards in London. […] Under a popular Instagram post rounding up some of the most amusing memes generated from her BAFTAs performance, the actress commented on Monday, “Honestly I love this.”2023 February 21, Dan Heching, “Ariana DeBose ‘honestly loves’ the BAFTA memes but not the Twitter trolling”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023
Proper noun capitalized: BAFTA
BAFTA
- Former free trade area in Eastern Europe superseded by the EU in 2004.
Noun (3) capitalized: Bafta
Bafta (plural Baftas)
- Alternative form of BAFTA.
bafta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bafta in Hindi
- बाफ्टा
bafta in Tamil
- பாஃப்டா, பாஃப்தா, பஃப்டா
bafta in Marathi
- बाफ्टा, बफ्ता
bafta in Urdu
- بافٹا, بافتا, بفٹا
More languagesFewer languages
- bafta in Bengali
- বাফ্টা, বাফটা, বাফতা
- bafta in Telugu
- బాఫ్టా
- bafta in Malayalam
- ബാഫ്റ്റ, ബാഫ്റ്റാ, ബാഫ്ടാ
- bafta in Kannada
- ಬಾಫ್ಟಾ, ಬಫ್ತಾ, ಬಫ್ಟಾ
- bafta in Punjabi
- ਬਾਫ਼ਟਾ, ਬਾਫਟਾ
- bafta in Gujarati
- બાફ્ટા, બફ્તા
- bafta in Odia
- ବାଫ୍ଟା, ବଫ୍ଟା
- bafta in Nepali
- बाफ्टा, बफ्टा, बफ्ता
Forms of bafta
| plural | baftas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | baft |
| alternative form | baftae |
| alternative form | baftah |
| alternative form | bufta |
| plural | BAFTAs |
| plural | Baftas |
Origin of bafta
Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”).
Acronym of British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which presents the awards.
Acronym of Baltic Free Trade Area.
Words that rhyme with bafta
Questions about bafta
- What does bafta mean?
- Bafta means a coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
- What is bafta in Hindi?
- Bafta in Hindi is बाफ्टा. See Bafta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bafta?
- Bafta can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bafta?
- Bafta is pronounced /ˈbæftə/.
- What is the plural of bafta?
- The plural of bafta is baftas.
Words near bafta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bafta (page history and authors); BAFTA (page history and authors); Bafta (page history and authors); bafta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bafta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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