وبا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Noun

وبا • (veba) (plural اوبا)

1. plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)

Descendants

• Turkish: veba

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وبا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1302
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 234
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2125

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ˈβɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.bɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.bɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	waḇā
Dari reading?	wabā
Iranian reading?	vabâ
Tajik reading?	vabo

Noun

وبا • (vabâ)

1. cholera

   همه‌گیری وبا ― hame-giri-ye vabâ ― cholera epidemic

   واکسن وبا ― vâksen-e vabâ ― cholera vaccine

2. (obsolete) the plague

   Synonym: طاعون (tâ'un)

3. (obsolete) epidemic, plague (in general)

   Synonym: همه‌گیری (hamegiri)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (waḇā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).

Noun

وَبا • (vabā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਬਾ)

1. epidemic, contagion

   Synonym: مَہاماری (mahāmārī)

Declension

Declension of وبا
dir. sg.	وَبا (vabā)
dir. pl.	وَباواں (vabāvāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	وَبا (vabā)	وَباواں (vabāvāṉ)
oblique	وَبا (vabā)	وَباواں (vabāvāṉ)
vocative	وَبائے (vabā'e)	وَباؤ (vabā'o)
ablative	وَباؤں (vabā'oṉ)	وَباواں (vabāvāṉ)
locative	—	وَباوائِیں (vabāvā'īṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وَبا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وبا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਵਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (wabā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.bɑː/
• Hyphenation: وَ‧با

Noun

وَبا • (vabā) f (Hindi spelling वबा)

1. epidemic, contagion
2. plague, pestilence, pest

   Synonym: طاعُون (tā'ūn)

3. cholera

   Synonym: ہَیضَہ (haiza)

4. affliction, evil

   Synonyms: بَلا (balā), آفَت (āfat)

Declension

Declension of وبا
	singular	plural
direct	وَبا (vabā)	وَبائیں (vabāẽ)
oblique	وَبا (vabā)	وَباؤں (vabāõ)
vocative	وَبا (vabā)	وَباؤ (vabāo)

Derived terms

Terms derived from وبا

• وَبائی (vabāī)
• عالمی وَبا ('ālmī vabā, “pandemic”)

References

• “وبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وبا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.