ဝါ

See also: ဝါး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wa • ALA-LC: vā • BGN/PCGN: wa • Okell: wa

Adjective

ဝါ • (wa)

1. yellow

Derived terms

• အဝါ (a.wa, noun)

Proper noun

ဝါ • (wa)

1. a female given name

See also

Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)

ဖြူ (hpru)	မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)	မည်း (many:)
နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)	လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)	ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)	စိမ်း (cim:)	စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)	ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)	ပြာ (pra)
ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)	ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)	ပန်း (pan:)

References

• “ဝါ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̀a/

Etymology 1

Noun

ဝါ (transliteration needed)

1. time

Etymology 2

Noun

ဝါ (transliteration needed)

1. open ground not under cultivation or pasture

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Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ɡwaᴬ (“husband”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဝၤ (wā), Western Kayah ꤠꤢꤧ꤬ (vàe).

Noun

ဝါ (transliteration needed)

1. husband

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• vā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• वा (Devanagari script)
• ৰা (Bengali script)
• වා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝႃ (Burmese script)
• วา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາ (Lao script)
• វា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Conjunction

ဝါ (vā)

1. Burmese script form of vā

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S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ʔbwaᴬ ~ ʔ(b)wa (“white”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ဗွာ, Western Pwo ဘွၩ, Western Kayah ꤙꤢꤨ꤭ (bū).

Adjective

ဝါ • (wah)

1. white