আপা

Assamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa), from Sanskrit অল্প (alpa, “small”).

Doublet of অলপ (olop).

Noun

আপা • (apa)

1. (Kamrupi) boy

   Synonyms: ছলি (soli), (Standard) ল’ৰা (löra)

   আপাটু মস্ত ঠৌগা, বধ্য ভাল লাগে তাক।

   apatu mosto thouga, bodhyo bhal lage tak.

   The boy is very beautiful, (I) like him a lot.

2. (Kamrupi) son

   Synonyms: ছলি (soli), (Standard) ল’ৰা (löra)

   তুহ্নাৰ আপাটু দুখুন ডাঙাৰ হৈ গেল!

   tuhnar apatu dukhun daṅar hoi gel!

   Ah, it seems your son has become older!

3. (informal) A young male home servant.

Declension

(Standard Assamese):

Inflection of আপা

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal				formal
absolutive	আপা apa		আপাটো apatü		আপাকেইটা apakeita		আপাবোৰ apabür		আপাবিলাক apabilak		আপাসমূহ apaxomuh
ergative	আপাই apai		আপাটোৱে apatüe		আপাকেইটাই apakeitai		আপাবোৰে apabüre		আপাবিলাকে apabilake		আপাসমূহে apaxomuhe
accusative	আপাক apak		আপাটোক apatük		আপাকেইটাক apakeitak		আপাবোৰক apabürok		আপাবিলাকক apabilakok		আপাসমূহক apaxomuhok
genitive	আপাৰ apar		আপাটোৰ apatür		আপাকেইটাৰ apakeitar		আপাবোৰৰ apabüror		আপাবিলাকৰ apabilakor		আপাসমূহৰ apaxomuhor
dative	আপালৈ apaloi		আপাটোলৈ apatüloi		আপাকেইটালৈ apakeitaloi		আপাবোৰলৈ apabüroloi		আপাবিলাকলৈ apabilakoloi		আপাসমূহলৈ apaxomuholoi
terminative	আপালৈকে apaloike		আপাটোলৈকে apatüloike		আপাকেইটালৈকে apakeitaloike		আপাবোৰলৈকে apabüroloike		আপাবিলাকলৈকে apabilakoloike		আপাসমূহলৈকে apaxomuholoike
instrumental	আপাৰে apare		আপাটোৰে apatüre		আপাকেইটাৰে apakeitare		আপাবোৰেৰে apabürere		আপাবিলাকেৰে apabilakere		আপাসমূহেৰে apaxomuhere
locative	আপাত apat		আপাটোত apatüt		আপাকেইটাত apakeitat		আপাবোৰত apabürot		আপাবিলাকত apabilakot		আপাসমূহত apaxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Related terms

• আপী (api)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• এপা (epa)

Noun

আপা • (apa)

1. father, mother (used by the Ahom community)

Derived terms

• আপাদেউ (apadeu)

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আপু (apu), আপি (api) — endearing

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic اپا (apa), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *apa (“elder female; elder sister”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /apa/, [ˈapaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /apa/, [ˈapaˑ]

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Noun

আপা • (apa)

1. elder sister

   Synonym: বুবু (bubu)

2. any elder or unrelated female (with inconsiderable to no age difference)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আপা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “আপা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• āpā (Latin script)
• 𑀆𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• आपा (Devanagari script)
• ආපා (Sinhalese script)
• အာပါ or ဢႃပႃ (Burmese script)
• อาปา (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᨷᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາປາ (Lao script)
• អាបា (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄛𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

আপা

1. Bengali script form of āpā, which is ablative singular of আপ (āpa, “water”)