བ

བ

1. Tibetan letter ba

• IPA^(key): /bɑ/, [bɑ]

བ (ba)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

• IPA^(key): /pɑ˥/, [pɑ˥]

བ (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

• IPA^(key): [bɐ̀]

Related to Dzongkha འབའ ('ba'). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

བ (ba)

1. target

Borrowed from Dzongkha བ (ba, “cow”).

བ (ba)

1. female cross-breed between a mithun and a cow

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 141
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

• IPA^(key): /bə/, [bə]

བ (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

• IPA^(key): /ba/, [ba]

བ (ba)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

• IPA^(key): /bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ/, [bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ]

བ (ba)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

བ • (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

This may be pronounced in a number of ways, such as wa^f, or as -Ca (taking on the final consonant -C of the previous syllable). It may also coalesce with the previous syllable.

བ • (ba)

1. common suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns

བ • (ba)

1. male personifying/agent particle

From Proto-Bodish *ba (ri).

Possibly related to Queyu bra (“cow”) and 豝 (OC pˤra) ("sow, female pig").^[1]

བ • (ba)

1. cow