बड़ा

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.

Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Sindhi وَڏو / वॾो (ʋaɗo), Romani baro.

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɽɑː/, [bɐ.ɽäː]

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बड़ा • (baṛā) (Urdu spelling بڑا)

1. big, large, huge

   Antonym: छोटा (choṭā)

   बड़ा देश ― baṛā deś ― big country

   बड़ा शहर ― baṛā śahar ― big city

2. massive, heavy
3. grown up, adult

   बड़ा बच्चा ― baṛā baccā ― grown boy

4. important

   वह बड़ा आदमी है। ― vah baṛā ādmī hai. ― He is an important man.

5. capitalized, majuscule; long (of Hindi vowels)

   बड़े आ से लिखो ― baṛe ā se likho ― write it with a long a

   बड़ा ऐच ― baṛā aic ― capital aitch

6. (colloquial) very

   बड़ा अच्छा ― baṛā acchā ― very good

• बड़ा दिन (baṛā din)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press