وبا
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
- plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
Descendants
- Turkish: veba
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وبا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1302
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 234
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2125
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | waḇā |
| Dari reading? | wabā |
| Iranian reading? | vabâ |
| Tajik reading? | vabo |
Noun
وبا • (vabâ)
- cholera
- همهگیری وبا ― hame-giri-ye vabâ ― cholera epidemic
- واکسن وبا ― vâksen-e vabâ ― cholera vaccine
- (obsolete) the plague
- Synonym: طاعون (tâ'un)
- (obsolete) epidemic, plague (in general)
- Synonym: همهگیری (hamegiri)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (waḇā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).
Noun
وَبا • (vabā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਬਾ)
Declension
| Declension of وبا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | وَبا (vabā) | |
| dir. pl. | وَباواں (vabāvāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | وَبا (vabā) | وَباواں (vabāvāṉ) |
| oblique | وَبا (vabā) | وَباواں (vabāvāṉ) |
| vocative | وَبائے (vabā'e) | وَباؤ (vabā'o) |
| ablative | وَباؤں (vabā'oṉ) | وَباواں (vabāvāṉ) |
| locative | — | وَباوائِیں (vabāvā'īṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وَبا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وبا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਵਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (wabā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.bɑː/
- Hyphenation: وَ‧با
Noun
وَبا • (vabā) f (Hindi spelling वबा)
- epidemic, contagion
- plague, pestilence, pest
- Synonym: طاعُون (tā'ūn)
- cholera
- Synonym: ہَیضَہ (haiza)
- affliction, evil
Declension
| Declension of وبا | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | وَبا (vabā) | وَبائیں (vabāẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | وَبا (vabā) | وَباؤں (vabāõ) | ||||||
| vocative | وَبا (vabā) | وَباؤ (vabāo) | ||||||
Derived terms
- عالمی وَبا ('ālmī vabā, “pandemic”)
- وَبائی (vabāī)