In bengali - Sonar Bhata is way to describe a good brother - 'a brick of gold' Gold= Sona /Shona and Bhata= brick
During the Bahi dooj the Bengalis have a ceremony to pray for welfare of brothers and praise them... read in fr Nascimento' book that people from Bengal were the early immigrant outsiders to settle in Saligao ... may be a word from bengali Language AJS also 50% bengali On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Basil Mascarenhas <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I believe the correct spelling ought to either be Sonarbatt or Sonarbat. > > For reference I have the "A. Furtadacho: Konkani-English Pocket > Dictionary" from Asian Educational Services (first pub. 1930). > > The only translation in any language for the word "bhat" or bhatt is Hindu > priest. Which in Konkani is actually "bott". > Whereas "bat", batt, battcar, battcan are words related to owner, rice, > property, landlord etc. > > I do realize that there doesn't exist any script which can adequately > express our "bardeshkari" dialect pronunciation. Even so the romanicized > reference to Hindu priests with the "bhatt" ending is best avoided in my > opinion. > > Discuss away after Google'ing bhat and bhatt. > > Basil > (Voltar) > > (Disclaimer: I am no expert on or in Amchi Bas.) > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
