বা

See also: ব, বি-, and বে-

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/, /baː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit বা (vā). Compare Hindi वा (vā), Bengali বা (ba).

Conjunction

বা • (ba)

  1. or
    মই চাহ বা কফি খাম। ― moi sah ba kophi kham. ― I will drink tea or coffee

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kamta বাই (bai), বাইও (baiü), Marathi बाई (bāī). Compare Sylheti ꠛꠥꠀꠁ (buai).

Alternative forms

Noun

বা • (ba)

  1. elder sister
Kinship declension
Conjugation forms of বা
case
nominative accusative dative terminative genitive locative
1st মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) বা
ba 		বাক
bak 		বালৈ
baloi 		বালৈকে
baloike 		বাৰ
bar 		বাত
bat
2nd very familiar;
inferior 		তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) বাৰ
bar 		বাৰক
barok 		বাৰলৈ
baroloi 		বাৰলৈকে
baroloike 		বাৰৰ
baror 		বাৰত
barot
familiar তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) বাৰা
bara 		বাৰাক
barak 		বাৰালৈ
baraloi 		বাৰালৈকে
baraloike 		বাৰাৰ
barar 		বাৰাত
barat
formal আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) বাক
bak 		বাকক
bakok 		বাকলৈ
bakoloi 		বাকলৈকে
bakoloike 		বাকৰ
bakor 		বাকত
bakot
3rd তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc

See also

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit ৱাত (vāta), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).

Alternative forms

Noun

বা • (ba)

  1. breeze
    Synonym: মালয়া-বতাহ (maloya-botah)

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वा (vā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-wā, from Proto-Indo-European *-we.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ba/, [ˈbaː], [ˈbaˑ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ba/, [ˈbaː], [ˈbaˑ]

Conjunction

বা • (ba)

  1. or

Derived terms

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