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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
بوا • (buwwa) f
- (childish) water
- (childish) drink
Persian
Noun
بوا • (buâ, bwâ, bowâ)
- (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) father, dad, daddy
- (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) grandfather
Southwestern Fars
Noun
بوا (bovâ)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) father
Urdu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
بُوَا • (buvā) f (Hindi spelling बुवा)
- any female person (usually older)
- a title affixed in front female names
- sister (usually older)
- mother (usually of another person's)
- an old female servant
- (Hindu) paternal aunt (father's sister)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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بُوَا (buvā)
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بُوَائیں (buvāẽ)
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| oblique
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بُوَا (buvā)
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بُوَاؤں (buvāõ)
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| vocative
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بُوَا (buvā)
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بُوَاؤ (buvāo)
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Further reading
- “بوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “بوا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]