আলাপ:বঁটি

Some-one asked what is the english name in the discussion page.. jayanta probably removed it by mistake. Please note that not all aboriginal bengali words have a english counterpart.. I am not sure this is one such. But it may be.. See the samsad dictionary entry for this: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF&table=biswas-bengali --user:Dr.saptarshi

অর্থাৎ বটির কোনো ইংরেজি প্রতিশব্দ নেই, কারণ এটা বাংলার বাইরে ব্যবহারই করা হয় না। --রাগিব ^{(আলাপ | অবদান)} ২৩:২৪, ১৪ জুলাই ২০১০ (ইউটিসি)

I think it is used at least in adjoining states in India and probably the rest of the indian subcontinent, though I didnt know the hindi or other language counterparts (But see below that I found at least one -the Oriya).. I think the article on en:Kitchen_knife should be expanded with such aboriginal and unique things like our "bonti" and en:Mezzaluna etc. Here is a very interesting article that talks about the origins of the word bonti: http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/gfc.2001.1.2.23 This reference should be used for Citation in the english wikipedia to be able to create an entry on Bonti there: Gastronomica; Spring 2001, Vol. 1, No. 2, Pages 23–26 , DOI 10.1525/gfc.2001.1.2.23; Posted online on December 2, 2003. (doi:10.1525/gfc.2001.1.2.23) For a picture on useing a bonti you may see if this person from USCD would release copyyright: http://math.ucsd.edu/~mohanty/photographs/India_2000/cutting_banana_flowers.jpg On her photo descriptipn page you will see that this is called panniki in Oriya. http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~mohanty/photographs/India_2000/India_2000.htm. And this page gives a good quantitative description, froma north indian view point.. though this may not be a citable source for reference. http://www.indiacurry.com/faqappliance/traditionalindiankitchen.htm --সপ্তর্ষি^{(আলাপ | অবদান)} ২২:৫৯, ২৬ জুলাই ২০১০ (ইউটিসি) Also see the comments about bonti here: http://www.newwestknifeworks.com/Content/Information/About-Chef-Knives/Chefs-Knife-History and here: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/57237-indian-cutlery/ Here is an angloindian dictionary entry on Bonti in more detail that seems to say it is indeed a bengali term: http://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=bonti+knife+hindi&source=bl&ots=yOPfXQbVBQ&sig=lhw_umMGctOeb26NnTyjDBsUQb4&hl=en&ei=mBpOTLCtKcaTnQfpupHYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=bonti%20knife%20hindi&f=false It seems Chitrita Banerjee the author of the article on Bonti in gastronomica has also dedicated a whole chapter in a book (Chitrita Banerji, The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Food and Ritual in Bengal. Kolkata: Seagull Publications. 2001) on Bonti- which is reviewed in this book review published in Indian Journal of Gender Studies- this may be another citable source (it is opening in my campus, but I dont know if everybody can open this pdf) http://ijg.sagepub.com/content/9/2/282.full.pdf

I wonder the other similar equipments eg the coconut scraping contraption (? "নারকেল কুড়ুনি") should be included under this heading as the structure is similar but the stem of the metal is blunt with only the sharp serrated edged disk at the tip that is used for scraping..--সপ্তর্ষি^{(আলাপ | অবদান)} ১৬:৪০, ২৭ জুলাই ২০১০ (ইউটিসি)