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
Person Cases
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 *-wē.

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

Conjunction

বা • (ba)

  1. or

Derived terms
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