অপা

Old Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (appā), from Sanskrit আত্মা (ātmā, “breath, soul, life, self”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-mō. Not related to Sanskrit অপ্ (ap‌, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒpɑː/

Noun

অপা (apā)

1. soul, spirit
   • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 31:

     জহি মণ ইন্দিঅ পবণ হোই ণঠা।
     ণ জানমি অপা কহিঁ গই পইঠা॥

     jahi maṇa india pabaṇa hoi ṇaṭhā
     ṇa jānami apā kahĩ gaï païṭhā

     Where the mind, the senses, the vital- breath become destroyed.
     Where does the spirit reside, I wonder.

2. mind, consciousness
3. self
   • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 32:

     হাথেরে কাঙ্কণ মা লেউ দাপণ।
     অপণে অপা বুঝ তু নিঅমণ॥

     hāthērē kāṅkaṇa mā lēu dāpaṇa
     apaṇē apā bujha tu niamaṇa

     Do not look at the mirror to see you bangles.
     Look at yourself with inner sight.

   • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 39:

     অমিআ অচ্ছন্তেঁ বিস গিলেসি রে চিঅ পরবস অপা।
     ঘরেঁ পরেক বুঝ্‌ঝিলে রে খাইব মই দুঠ কুণ্ডবাঁ॥

     amiā acchantẽ bisa gilesi re cia parabasa apā
     gharẽ pareka bujhjhile re khāiba maï duṭha kuṇḍabā̃

     O my mind, while ambrosia is available you drink poison; Control self!
     (If I) realize what's in (my) home, I would eat bad relatives.