Where does “ਬੱਤੀ” come from?

ਬੱਤੀ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit वर्तिका, from Sanskrit वर्ती — anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound.

ਬੱਤੀ (Punjabi): wick

Definitions

  1. wick

Ancestry of “ਬੱਤੀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवर्तिकाwick; quail
2Sanskritवर्तीanything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound
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