वा
Braj
Pronoun
वा (vā)
- feminine of वो (vo)
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/, [ʋäː]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian وا (wā).
Adjective
वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)
- (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
- ik daftar-e-mazālim-e-carx-e-kuhan khulā
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit वा (vā).
Conjunction
वा • (vā) (Urdu spelling وا)
- (formal, rare) or
- 2007, Dharmadatt Vaidh, Charaksamhita, Uttro Bhag [Volume 1], 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)
- misspelling of वाँ (vā̃)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Konkani
Etymology
Conjunction
वा • (vā) (Latin script va, Kannada script ವಾ)
Newar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wa]
Etymology 1
Noun
वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)
Etymology 2
Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.
Noun
वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Conjunction
वा (vā)
- Devanagari script form of vā
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work 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.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- বা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါ (Burmese script)
- વા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾ (Kannada script)
- វា (Khmer script)
- ວາ (Lao script)
- വാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- වා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
- வா (Tamil script)
- వా (Telugu script)
- วา (Thai script)
- ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-wā (“or”), from Proto-Indo-European *-we (“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)
- → Assamese: বা (ba)
- → Bengali: বা (ba)
- Pali: vā
- → Hindustani:
- → Kannada: ವಾ (vā)
- Konkani: वा (vā)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwaH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with German wehen. Often considered one root with 'Etymology 3'.
Root
वा • (vā)
- to blow (of wind)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वा (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वा (6 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- वाति (vā́ti) (Present)
- अवासीत् (ávāsīt) (Aorist)
- ववौ (vaváu) (Perfect)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- उपवा (upavā)
- प्रवा (pravā)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwaH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be extinguished”). Cognate with Latin vānus. Often considered one root with 'Etymology 2'.
Root
वा • (vā)
- to become deficient, extinguished
- to vanish
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वा (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वा (6 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- वायति (vā́yati) (Present)
- अवासीत् (ávāsīt) (Aorist)
- Secondary Forms
- वापयति (vāpáyati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- वात (vātá) (Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- उद्वा (udvā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 537-8
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 574-5
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Yamphu
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bja ~ bra (“bird”).
Noun
वा (wa)
References
- “वा”, in याम्फु - नेपाली - अङ्ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Yamphu - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2019.