battas
plural of batta
• at bats, at-bats
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"ta, n. Etym: [Prob. through Pg. for Canarese bhatta rice in the husk.]
Definition: Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.
Bat"ta, n. Etym: [Hind. ba.]
Definition: Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2024
(adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; “partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
