Word.ws English Dictionary

pata

/pəˈtɑ/

pata noun: an Indian sword with an attached gauntlet.

pata: an Indian sword with an attached gauntlet
Image: Archit Patel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun (1)

pata (plural patas)

  1. An Indian sword with an attached gauntlet.
    Synonyms:
    dandpatta

Noun (2) capitalized: PATA

PATA (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parallel ATA: a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk.

Synonyms of pata

  • dandpatta

Forms of pata

pluralpatas
alternative formpatta

Origin of pata

From Marathi पट्टा (paṭṭā) or a related term in another Indian language. Compare the longer form Marathi दांडपट्टा (dāṇḍpaṭṭā).

Phrases with pata

Questions about pata

What does pata mean?
Pata means an Indian sword with an attached gauntlet.
What part of speech is pata?
Pata is a noun.
How do you pronounce pata?
Pata is pronounced /pəˈtɑ/.
What is the plural of pata?
The plural of pata is patas.

Words near pata in the dictionary

  1. pat-down
  2. pat-downs
  3. pat-on-the-back
  4. pat. off.
  5. pat. pend.
  6. pata
  7. Pata East
  8. Pata West
  9. pataca
  10. patacake
  11. patacas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pata (page history and authors); PATA (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pata.wav.

Cite this entry: “pata.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pata. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.