-আ

Compare Sylheti -ꠀ (-a)

-আ • (-a)

1. (in nouns) one from, belonging to, relating to, or like
2. (in adjectives) coming from, related to, like

   ‎বগ (bog, “egret”) + ‎-আ (-a) → ‎বগা (boga, “white”, adjective)

• -উৱা (-ua)
• -ঈয়া (-ia)
• -ঈয় (-io)
• -ঈ (-i)
• -আন (-an)
• -ইছ (-is)

For:

• Sanskritic borrowings and formations, from Sanskrit -आ (-ā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-aH, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂.
• Arabic and Persian borrowings, from Arabic ـَة (-a) (and some via Classical Persian ـه (-a)), from Proto-Semitic *-at, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-Vt.

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /a/, [ˈaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /a/, [ˈaˑ]

-আ • (-a)

1. feminine suffix

   Synonyms: -ঈ (-i), -ইনী (-ini), -আনী (-ani), -নী (-ni)

   ‎অনাঘ্রাত (onaghrat) + ‎-আ (-a) → ‎অনাঘ্রাতা (onaghrata)