وغا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَغَى (waḡā, “battle, fight”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.ˈɣaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ɣɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ɣɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.ɣɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.ɣɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.ɢɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.ʁɔ́]

• Rhymes: -aː

Readings
Classical reading?	waġā
Dari reading?	waġā
Iranian reading?	vaġâ
Tajik reading?	vaġo

Noun

وغا • (vaġâ)

1. war, battle, tumult

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “وغا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul