बड़ा
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.
Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Sindhi وَڏو / वॾो (ʋaɗo), Romani baro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]बड़ा • (baṛā) (Urdu spelling بڑا)
- big, large, huge
- Antonym: छोटा (choṭā)
- बड़ा देश ― baṛā deś ― big country
- बड़ा शहर ― baṛā śahar ― big city
- massive, heavy
- grown up, adult
- बड़ा बच्चा ― baṛā baccā ― grown boy
- important
- capitalized, majuscule; long (of Hindi vowels)
- बड़े आ से लिखो ― baṛe ā se likho ― write it with a long a
- बड़ा ऐच ― baṛā aic ― capital aitch
- (colloquial) very
- बड़ा अच्छा ― baṛā acchā ― very good
Declension
[edit]| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | बड़ा baṛā |
बड़े baṛe |
बड़ी baṛī |
बड़ी baṛī |
| oblique | बड़े baṛe |
बड़े baṛe |
बड़ी baṛī |
बड़ी baṛī |
| vocative | बड़े baṛe |
बड़े baṛe |
बड़ी baṛī |
बड़ी baṛī |
Derived terms
[edit]- बड़ा दिन (baṛā din)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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