با

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wāy (“mouth, beak”); compare Tamil வாய் (vāy), Kurukh बई (baī).

با (bā)

1. mouth, aperture

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5352”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Bray, Denys (1934) “bā”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 59

• وا (wa) — Ardalani

From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah (“wind”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋 (vātō), Pashto and Persian باد (bâd)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”) (compare Sanskrit वात (vā́ta)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

• IPA^(key): /baː/

با (ba)

1. wind

From earlier ابا (abâ), from Middle Persian.

با • (bâ)

1. (normal in Iran, formal elsewhere) with, along, and

• Used in all dialects, though in Dari and Tajik it has a somewhat formal connotation and is less common in informal speech. In Iran, there is no formal connotation and its usage is common regardless of formality.

با

1. pronunciation spelling of بها, representing Kabuli and Hazaragi Persian