Batta
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- This article is about the Anglo-Indian military term. For more information on the Guyanese drum, see List of Caribbean drums and music of Guyana.
Batta, an Anglo-Indian military term, probably derived from the Canarese bhatta (rice in the husk), meaning a special allowance made to officers, soldiers, or other public servants in the field.
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Batta is also a family name distributed all over the world. the majority of Batta name comes from Europe, a minority from India and a sprinling from the mid east countries.
Batta means duck in arabic. The name probably originated in Hungary Romania region. A world telephone directory search indicates largest number Batta name families in that region. though this name is also found in old England, mostly in Wales.
In olden times a variety of spellings have been used, like Batte, Battey, Bhatte etc
