با
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Brahui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wāy (“mouth, beak”); compare Tamil வாய் (vāy), Kurukh बई (baī).
Noun
[edit]با (bā)
Further reading
[edit]- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5352”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Bray, Denys (1934) “bā”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 59
Central Kurdish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- وا (wa) — Ardalani
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah (“wind”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋 (vātō), Pashto and Persian باد (bâd)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”) (compare Sanskrit वात (vā́ta)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Northern Kurdish | ba |
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Southern Kurdish | وا (wa) |
Laki | وا (wa) |
با (ba)
Derived terms
[edit]Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From earlier ابا (abâ), from Middle Persian.
Preposition
[edit]Dari | با, کتی |
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Iranian Persian | با |
Tajik | бо, қатӣ |
با • (bâ) (normal in Iran, formal elsewhere)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in all dialects, though in Dari and Tajik it has a somewhat formal connotation and is less common in informal speech. In Iran, there is no formal connotation and its usage is common regardless of formality.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]با
- Pronunciation spelling of بها, representing Kabuli and Hazaragi Persian.
Categories:
- Brahui terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian
- Brahui terms derived from Proto-Dravidian
- Brahui lemmas
- Brahui nouns
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Kurdish lemmas
- Central Kurdish nouns
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- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian lemmas
- Persian prepositions
- Persian formal terms
- Persian nouns
- Persian pronunciation spellings
- Southeastern Dari
- Hazaragi