वा
See also: वृ, वो, वे, व, वि, -वां, वि-, and -व
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वा (vā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/, [ʋäː]
Conjunction
वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)
- (formal, rare) or
- Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), (more common) या (yā)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “वा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Konkani
Etymology
From Sanskrit वा (vā).
Conjunction
वा • (vā) (Latin script va, Kannada script ವಾ)
- or
Newar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wa]
Noun
वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)
- rain
Etymology 2
Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa.
Noun
वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)
- tooth
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- vā (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ৰা (Bengali script)
- වා (Sinhalese script)
- ဝါ or ဝႃ (Burmese script)
- วา (Thai script)
- ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
- ວາ (Lao script)
- វា (Khmer script)
Conjunction
वा (vā)
- Devanagari script form of vā
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), 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.
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- ৱা (Assamese script)
- বা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- વા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- វា (Khmer script)
- ವಾ (Kannada script)
- ວາ (Lao script)
- വാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဝါ (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵା (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- වා (Sinhalese script)
- వా (Telugu script)
- วา (Thai script)
- ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/
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)
- or
- or, preferably (marking the preferred of two alternatives) (Pāṇini)
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯 (va /vā/)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸 (vā)
- → Bengali: বা (ba)
- Pali: vā
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: वा (vā)
- Urdu: وا (vā)
- → Kannada: ವಾ (vā)
- Konkani: वा (vā)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Root
वा • (√vā)
- to blow
Derived terms
- निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown out, extinguished; nirvana”)
Yamphu
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bja ~ bra (“bird”).
Noun
वा (wa)
- hen, chicken
References
- “वा”, in याम्फु - नेपाली - अङ्ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Yamphu - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2019.