ба

See also: -ба and Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba]

Particle

ба • (ba)

1. alternative form of бе (be)

   Аре ба! ― Are ba! ― Oh, come on!

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠠ (ba)	ба (ba)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian [Term?], from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠ᠍ (ba, “as well”, particle). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
• Syllabification: ба (1 syllable)

Conjunction

ба • (ba)

1. and

See also

• бас (bas)
• болон (bolon)
• бөгөөд (bögööd)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ba.

Interjection

ба • (ba)

1. (colloquial) why!, well I never!, wow! (an exclamation of surprise, especially at an unexpected meeting)

   Ба! Кого́ я ви́жу! ― Ba! Kovó ja vížu! ― Why, I can't believe this is really you!

   • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава IX. Коровьевские штуки”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:

     – Ба! Никано́р Ива́нович, – заора́л дребезжа́щим те́нором неожи́данный граждани́н и, вскочи́в, приве́тствовал председа́теля наси́льственным и внеза́пным рукопожа́тием.

     – Ba! Nikanór Ivánovič, – zaorál drebezžáščim ténorom neožídannyj graždanín i, vskočív, privétstvoval predsedátelja nasílʹstvennym i vnezápnym rukopožátijem.

     ‘Hah! Nikanor Ivanovich!’ the unexpected citizen yelled in a rattling tenor and, jumping up, greeted the chairman with a forced and sudden handshake.

Etymology 2

Clipping of ба́бушка (bábuška).

Noun

ба • (ba) f anim (indeclinable)

1. (informal term of address) granny, gran

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بَه (ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/, [bä]

Preposition

ба • (ba) (Persian spelling به)

1. at
2. to
3. in
4. for