Wednesday, September 28, 2011

paTak(h)a and aatish baazi

Are the words paTak(h)a and aatish baazi synonymous?

I noticed some (Hindi) dictionaries give paTaka and others paTakha. My husband says it is paTaxa.


"Patakha" पटाखा (t as spoken in tomato) is a noun which is same as "aatishbazi" आतिशबाजी . "Pataka" पताका (t as spoken in 'totaa") means a flag or dhwaj.

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