भा

See also: भ, भी, भू, and भृ

Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit वा (vā).

Conjunction

भा (bhā)

1. or

   Synonym: चाहे (cāhē)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভা (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
• ভা (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာ (Burmese script)
• ભા (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾ (Kannada script)
• ភា (Khmer script)
• ຠາ (Lao script)
• ഭാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଭା (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
• භා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ா (Tamil script)
• భా (Telugu script)
• ภา (Thai script)
• བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː/

Root

भा • (bhā)

1. shine, be luminous

Derived terms

• अभासीत् (abhāsīt)
• बाभायते (bābhāyate)
• बिभासति (bibhāsati)
• भा (bhā)
• भाति (bhāti)
• भापयते (bhāpayate)
• भायते (bhāyate)
• भास्यति (bhāsyati)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː/

Noun

भा • (bhā́) stem, f

1. light or a beam of light; lustre, splendour
2. the shadow of a gnomon
3. appearance, resemblance, likeness

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 750, column 3.