Where does “ஊதுபத்தி” come from?

ஊதுபத்தி (Tamil) comes from Hindi बत्ती, from Sanskrit वर्तिका, from Sanskrit वर्ती — anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound.

ஊதுபத்தி (Tamil): incense, incense stick

Definitions

  1. incense, incense stick

Ancestry of “ஊதுபத்தி”, step by step

ஊதுபத்தி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi बत्ती

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबत्तीcandle, light; wick, fuse
2Sanskritवर्तिकाwick; quail
3Sanskritवर्तीanything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound

via Tamil ஊது

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஊதுto blow (as with a bellows)
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