वा

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See also: वृ, वो, वे, व, वि, -वां, वि-, and -व

Braj

Pronoun

वा (vā)

  1. feminine of वो (vo)

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian وا (wā).

Adjective

वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)

  1. (poetic) open
    वा करना ― vā karnā ― to open
    • Brij Narayan Chakbast, रामायण का एक सीन:
      इक दफ़्तर-ए-मज़ालिम-ए-चर्ख़-ए-कुहन खुला
      वा था दहान-ए-ज़ख़्म कि बाब-ए-सुख़न खुला
      ik daftar-e-mazālim-e-carx-e-kuhan khulā
      vā thā dahān-e-zaxma ki bāb-e-suxan khulā
      A scroll of tyrannies of the ancient heavens opened
      The mouths of wounds were now wide open, that the gates of parley were also unbarred

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit वा (vā).

Conjunction

वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)

  1. (formal, rare) or
    Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), (more common) या (yā)
    • 2007, Dharmadatt Vaidh, Charaksamhita, Uttro Bhag , page 101:
      ...एक बार प्रयोग के पश्चात् एक दिन के वा दो दिन के अंतर से...
      ...ek bār prayog ke paścāt ek din ke vā do din ke antar se...
      ...an interval of one or two days after using for first time....

Etymology 3

Adverb

वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)

  1. Misspelling of वाँ (vā̃).

References

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit वा (vā).

Conjunction

वा • (vā) (Latin script va, Kannada script ವಾ)

  1. or

Newar

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)

  1. rain

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa.

Noun

वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)

  1. tooth

Pali

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Conjunction

वा (vā)

  1. Devanagari script form of vā
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते
      Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.
      And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-wā (“or”), from Proto-Indo-European *-wē (“or”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁 (vā), Old Persian 𐎺𐎠 (v-a /⁠vā⁠/), Ancient Greek ἤ (ḗ) and Latin -ve.

Conjunction

वा • (vā)

  1. or
  2. or, preferably (marking the preferred of two alternatives) (Pāṇini)
Descendants
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯 (va /⁠vā⁠/)
  • → Assamese: বা (ba)
  • → Bengali: বা (ba)
  • Pali: vā
  • → Hindustani:
  • → Kannada: ವಾ (vā)
  • Konkani: वा (vā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Root

वा • (√vā)

  1. to blow
Derived terms

References

Yamphu

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bja ~ bra (“bird”).

Noun

वा (wa)

  1. hen, chicken

References

  • “वा”, in याम्फु - नेपाली - अङ्ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Yamphu - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2019.
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