བ

See also: བཱུ, བྱ, བྷ, བློ, པ, བུ, and ロ

བ U+0F56, བ TIBETAN LETTER BA ← ཕ [U+0F55] Tibetan བྷ → [U+0F57]

Translingual

Letter

བ

1. Tibetan letter ba

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ/, [bɑ]

Letter

བ (ba)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ˥/, [pɑ˥]

Letter

བ (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Kurtöp

Etymology

Related to Dzongkha འབའ ('ba'). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə̀/

Noun

བ (ba)

1. target

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 141
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

Ladakhi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə/, [bə]

Letter

བ (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/, [ba]

Letter

བ (ba)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Sikkimese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ/, [bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ]

Letter

བ (ba)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ba/
• Lhasa: /wa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: wa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /wa˥˥/

Letter

བ • (ba)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ba/
• Lhasa: /wa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: wa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /wa˥˥/

This may be pronounced in a number of ways, such as wa^f, or as -Ca (taking on the final consonant -C of the previous syllable). It may also coalesce with the previous syllable.

Suffix

བ • (ba)

1. common suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns

Particle

བ • (ba)

1. male personifying/agent particle

Etymology 3

Possibly related to Queyu bra (“cow”) and 豝 (OC pˤra) ("sow, female pig").

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ba/
• Lhasa: /pʰa˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: pa^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰa˩˨/

Noun

བ • (ba)

1. cow