Sonarbhatt means land of the goldsmith. In Sonarbhatt somewhere between 1500 and 1534 most of the houses were occupied by goldsmith. Many of them were converted to Christianity by force and they became de souzas. Most of them had surnames as Pednekars. Bhatt means land with trees and sonar means gold albert
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 23:28:03 +0530 Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] topic for discussion: Sonarbatt or Sonar-bHatt From: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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] -- 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]
