batil
batil noun: a type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
Noun
batil (plural batils)
- A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
- The Batil, a vessel with a long fiddle-headed bow and two masts, which may be distinguished from other craft by the inner part of the stern-post being ornamented with devices cut in the wood.1877, Charles Rathbone Low, The History of the Indian Navy
- While baghlas and their smaller equivalents, battils, were used for Arab trade between the west coast of India and the Gulf, European-style ships were also increasingly prevalent in this trade.2020 August 20, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN, page 157
Forms of batil
| plural | batils |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bateel |
| alternative form | battil |
Origin of batil
Borrowed from Arabic بَتِيل (batīl).
Questions about batil
- What does batil mean?
- Batil means a type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
- What part of speech is batil?
- Batil is a noun.
- What is the plural of batil?
- The plural of batil is batils.
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