باگھا

Punjabi

Etymology

From باگھ (bāgh, “tiger; lion”), from Prakrit [script needed] (vaggha), from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: bā́gā IPA^(key): /bäː˦.ɡäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

باگھا • (bāghā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਘਾ)

1. bawling, wailing (loud, full-on crying)
2. uproar
3. wild; uncivilised
4. lion; tiger – باگھ (bāgh)

Declension

Declension of باگھا

	singular	plural
direct	باگھا (bāghā)	باگھے (bāghe)
oblique	باگھے (bāghe)	باگھیْاں (bāghiyāṉ)
vocative	باگھیْا (bāghiyā)	باگھیو (bāgheyo)
ablative	باگھیوں (bāgheyoṉ)	باگھیْاں (bāghiyāṉ)
locative	–	باگھِیں (bāghīṉ)
instrumental	باگھے (bāghe)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “باگھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “باگھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025