وبا
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
- plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: veba
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [wa.ˈβɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væ.bɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vä.bɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | waḇā |
Dari reading? | wabā |
Iranian reading? | vabâ |
Tajik reading? | vabo |
Noun edit
وبا • (vabâ)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (wabā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.bɑː/
- Hyphenation: وَ‧با
Noun edit
وَبا • (vabā) f (Hindi spelling वबा)
- epidemic, contagion
- plague, pestilence, pest
- Synonym: طاعُون (tā'ūn)
- cholera
- Synonym: ہَیضَہ (haiza)
- affliction, evil
Declension edit
Declension of وبا | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | وَبا (vabā) | وَبائیں (vabāẽ) |
oblique | وَبا (vabā) | وَباؤں (vabāõ) |
vocative | وَبا (vabā) | وَباؤ (vabāo) |
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from وبا
- وَبائی (vabāī)
- عالمی وَبا ('ālmī vabā, “pandemic”)