bat

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
2. (derogatory) An old woman.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
2. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Verb

1. (transitive) To flutter
2. (UK, US, dialectal) To wink.
3. (intransitive, usually) To flit quickly from place to place.

Têgeh

şevrevînk

çilîçilî

pelçemok

baçermok

şevşevik

çekçekûle

şevşevok

dûvmesas

gaperçêvk

pêrçêm

pêrçenk

perçîmek

pirçemek

şebşebok

şevekur

bacemok

baçimêlk

balçimk

balçimok

berçemik

çeqçeqole

çil

şîvînek

شهمشهمه کوێره

şibşibênek

bacermok

bacermok çilîçilî

Hevwate

club

stick

cudgel

racket

flying fox

truncheon

racquet

hit

bludgeon

chiropteran

flutter

staff

ghost

👻

devil

clobber

lick

at-bat

lathi

cricket bat

squash racket

war club

squash racquet

thrash

baton

cream

bird

🐦

fruit bat

cane

shillelagh

flap

play

drub

paddle

beat

billy

drive

dike

blink

defeat

blackjack

battery

🔋

dasher

nail

mint

masturbate

batsman

baseball

⚾

mallet

mace

clout

Werger

chauve-souris

🦇

murciélago

🦇

Fledermaus

pipistrello

🦇

vleermuis

🦇

morcego

🦇

νυχτερίδα

yarasa

🦇

muricec

🦇

vespertilio

🦇

batte

خفاش

🦇

Schläger

şevrevînk

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/bæt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi swêdî: natt-batta

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: bakke

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: bat

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: batt

Hevwate bi Old Breton: bath

Hevwate bi bretonî: bazh

Hevwate bi latînî: battuo

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: baten

In summary

Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin. Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).
Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ.