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batta

/ˈbʌtə/

batta noun: an exchange rate.

Noun (1)

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.
    • 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.The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

Noun (2) capitalized: Batta

Batta (plural Battas)

  1. Synonym of Batak (“member of North Sumatran people”).
    Synonyms:
    Batak

Proper noun capitalized: Batta

Batta (plural Battas)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

batta meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

batta in Tamil

படிப் பணம், படைத்துறையில் கொடுக்கப்படும் உதவிப்படி, படிச்செலவு, படிப்பணம், செவுப்படி, பட்டைச்சோறு

batta in Telugu

batta
సంబడము sambaḍamu

batta in Kannada

ಭತ್ಮ, ಪಡಿ

Synonyms of batta

Forms of batta

Noun
pluralbattas
alternative formbhatta
pluralBattas
Proper noun
pluralBattas

Origin of batta

Borrowed from Hindi भत्ता (bhattā).

Borrowed from Punjabi ਬੱਤਾ (battā).

Questions about batta

What does batta mean?
Batta means an exchange rate.
What is batta in Tamil?
Batta in Tamil is படிப் பணம், படைத்துறையில் கொடுக்கப்படும் உதவிப்படி, படிச்செலவு. See Batta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is batta?
Batta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce batta?
Batta is pronounced /ˈbʌtə/.
What is the plural of batta?
The plural of batta is battas.

Words near batta in the dictionary

  1. batswings
  2. batswoman
  3. batswomen
  4. Batsy
  5. batt
  6. batta
  7. Battabara
  8. battable
  9. Battaglia
  10. Battaglias
  11. battailant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batta (page history and authors); Batta (page history and authors); batta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సంబడము (Telugu) (page history and authors); batta (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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