वा
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Braj
Pronoun
वा (vā)
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वा (vā).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Konkani
Etymology
Conjunction
वा • (vā) (Latin script va, Kannada script ವಾ)
Newar
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
वा • (wā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐰𑐵)
Etymology 2
Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-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], 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
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-wā (“or”), from Proto-Indo-European *-wē (“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-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Root
वा • (√vā)
- to blow
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0934.
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.
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