бага

See also: бяга

Abaza

FWOTD – 21 May 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *bagá, from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bӏagá (“jackal; fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baɡa]

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. fox

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Bulgarian

Etymology

Cognate with dialectal Russian ба́га (bága), бага́н (bagán, “natural spirit”), of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡɐ]

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Noun

ба́га • (bága) m or f

1. (dialectal, obsolete) fabled character, hero

Usage notes

In the modern language, the word is used primarily as a nickname or as an honorific (e.g. in dialectal Ба́го Я́ро (Bágo Járo, “personification of calamity”)).

Declension

Declension of ба́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	ба́га bága	ба́ги bági
definite	ба́гата bágata	ба́гите bágite

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бага”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 47

Chechen

Noun

бага • (baga) ?

1. larch (Larix, tree)

Dolgan

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. love
2. frog (amphibian)

Mongolian

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “child, infant, young of an animal”).

Cognate with Kalmyk баһ (bağ), East Yugur bagha, Khitan 𘮽𘯛 (*b qo, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɢ/, [päq]

Adjective

бага • (baga) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (bag-a))

1. small
2. few
3. young

Synonyms

• (small): жижиг (žižig), өчүүхэн (öčüüxen), жижигхэн (žižigxen)
• (young): залуу (zaluu), нялх (njalx)

Antonyms

• их (ix), том (tom, “big”)
• хуучин (xuučin, “old”)

Derived terms

• бага хурал (baga xural, “conference”)

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. a bit (a small amount)

Adverb

бага • (baga)

1. slightly, a bit

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡə]

Noun

ба́га • (bága) m inan

1. genitive singular of баг (bag)