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Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha). Cognate with Urdu بَڑا (baṛā) / Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “big; large”). Doublet of وَڈّا (vaḍḍā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
بَڑا • (baṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੜਾ)
- abundant
- enough, sufficient
Declension
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بَڑا (baṛā)
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بَڑے (baṛe)
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بَڑی (baṛī)
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بَڑیاں (baṛīyāṉ)
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بَڑے (baṛe)
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بَڑیْاں (baṛiyāṉ)
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بَڑی (baṛī)
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بَڑیاں (baṛīyāṉ)
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Adverb
بَڑا • (baṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੜਾ)
- very, quite
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بڑا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਬੜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vaḍḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha). Compare to Assamese বড় (bor), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), and Punjabi وَڈّا (vaḍḍā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
بَڑا • (baṛā) (Hindi spelling बड़ा)
- big
- important
وہ بَڑا آدْمی ہَے۔- vo baṛā ādmī hai.
- He is an important man.
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بڑا (baṛā)
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بڑے (baṛe)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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بڑے (baṛe)
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بڑے (baṛe)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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بڑے (baṛe)
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بڑے (baṛe)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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بڑی (baṛī)
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Derived terms
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