-आ

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Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Sauraseni Apabhramsa -औ, -औं, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Sanskrit -अकः m (-akaḥ), -अकम् n (-akam).

Suffix

-आ • (-ā) m

  1. forms masculine nouns

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit -आ (-ā).

Suffix

-आ • (-ā) f

  1. forms feminine form of the nouns
    ‎पुष्प (puṣp, “flower”) + ‎-आ (-ā) → ‎पुष्पा (puṣpā, “flower, female given name”)
  2. forms feminine form of the adjectives
    ‎हरित (harit, “green”) + ‎-आ (-ā) → ‎हरिता (haritā, “green”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-आ • (-ā)

  1. forms adjectives from nouns, showing a property
    ‎झूठ (jhūṭh, “lie”) + ‎-आ (-ā) → ‎झूठा (jhūṭhā, “false, fake, liar”)
    ‎भूख (bhūkh, “hunger”) + ‎-आ (-ā) → ‎भूखा (bhūkhā, “hungry, famished”)
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