আপা

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pa/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa), from Sanskrit অল্প (alpa, “small”).

Doublet of অলপ (olop).

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. (Kamrupi, Central, East Goalparia) boy
    Synonyms: (Barpetia) ছলি (soli), (Standard, Eastern) ল’ৰা (löra), (Darrangiya) লিকিৰা (likira), (Dehan) মুইনা (muina)
    আপাটু মস্ত ঠৌগা, বধ্য ভাল লাগে তাক।
    apatu mosto thouga, bodhyo bhal lage tak.
    The boy is very beautiful, (I) like him a lot.
  2. (Kamrupi) son
    Synonyms: পুতাক (putak), ছলি (soli), (Standard, Eastern) ল’ৰা (löra)
    তুহ্নাৰ আপাটু দুখুন ডাঙাৰ হৈ গেল!
    tuhnar apatu dukhun daṅar hoi gel!
    Ah, it seems your son has become older!
  3. (informal) A young male home servant.
Declension
Kamrupi dialects declension of আপা
nominative আপা / আপাই (apa / apai)
accusative আপা / আপাক (apa / apak)
dative আপাক (apak)
instrumental আপাই / আপাদি (apai / apadi)
genitive আপাৰ (apar)
locative আপাত (apat)

Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -মাখা (-makha) and -গিলা (-gila) / গিলাক (gilak) / গিলান (gilan).
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -ওক (-ük) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative: Sometimes alternatively -ওত (-üt) marks this case.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এদি (-edi) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এৰে (-ere) is used instead of the common -এদি (-edi).
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • এপা (epa)

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. father, mother (used by the Ahom community)
Derived terms
  • আপাদেউ (apadeu)

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic اپا (apa), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *apa (“elder female; elder sister”).

Pronunciation

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /apa/, [ˈapaˑ]
    Audio:(file)

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. elder sister
    Synonym: বুবু (bubu)
  2. any elder or unrelated female (with inconsiderable to no age difference)

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • āpā (Latin script)
  • 𑀆𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • आपा (Devanagari script)
  • ආපා (Sinhalese script)
  • အာပါ or ဢႃပႃ (Burmese script)
  • อาปา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨷᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາປາ (Lao script)
  • អាបា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄛𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

আপা

  1. Bengali script form of āpā, which is ablative singular of আপ (āpa, “water”)
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