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Pattar
Pattar comes from Malayalam പട്ടർ ‘Pattar, a subcaste of Brahmins in Kerala, India’, from Sanskrit भर्तृ ‘master’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*bʰartā́reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEभर्तृbhartṛ́‘master’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEभट्ट‘but also affixed or prefixed to the names of learned Brahmins’
- Malayalammodernപട്ടർpaṭṭaṟ‘Pattar, a subcaste of Brahmins in Kerala, India’
- EnglishtodayPattar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*bʰartā́reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEभर्तृbhartṛ́‘master’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEभट्ट‘but also affixed or prefixed to the names of learned Brahmins’
- Malayalammodernപട്ടർpaṭṭaṟ‘Pattar, a subcaste of Brahmins in Kerala, India’
- EnglishtodayPattar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear’
different, offer, difference, birth, reference, transfer, bar, prefer, broad, bread, suffer, bear, fortune, relative, burden, translation, extraordinary, relation, differ, relate, referendum, barrel, bore, fury, breeze, referee, frustration, fertility, translate, barn, borne, fertile, baron, bark, berth, broom, extravagant, fret, phosphorus, euphoria, 160 more
Today it means
noun a subcaste in Kerala, India
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / Pattar