بڑا
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See also: برا
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- وَڑا (vaṛā)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha). Cognate with Urdu بَڑا (baṛā) / Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “big; large”). Doublet of وَڈّا (vaḍḍā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bə.ɽäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: بَ‧ڑا
Adjective
[edit]بَڑا • (baṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੜਾ)
Declension
[edit]Declension of بڑا | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | بَڑا (baṛā) | بَڑے (baṛe) | بَڑی (baṛī) | بَڑِیاں (baṛiyāṉ) | |
oblique | بَڑے (baṛe) | بَڑیاں (baṛeyāṉ) | بَڑی (baṛī) | بَڑِیاں (baṛiyāṉ) |
Adverb
[edit]بَڑا • (baṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੜਾ)
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بڑا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بڑا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਬੜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vaḍḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha). Compare to Assamese বড় (bor), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), and Punjabi وَڈّا (vaḍḍā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɽɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: بَ‧ڑا
Adjective
[edit]بَڑا • (baṛā) (Hindi spelling बड़ा)
- big, large, huge
- Antonym: چھوٹا (choṭā)
- بَڑا شَہْر ― baṛā śahr ― big city
- بَڑا کَمْرا ― baṛā kamrā ― big room
- massive, heavy (like your mom)
- Synonym: بھاری (bhārī)
- بَڑا سُوٹ کیس ― baṛā sūṭ kes ― Heavy suitcase
- grown up, adult
- لوگ جَب بَڑے ہو جاتیں ہَیں، اُن کی ذِمّہ دارِیاں بھی بَڑی ہو جاتی ہَیں
- log jab baṛe ho jāte haĩ, un kī zimme dāriyā̃ bhī baṛī ho jātī haĩ
- When people grow up, their responsibilities also become bigger with them
- important
- (chiefly Punjabic Urdu) very
Declension
[edit]Declension of بڑا | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | بڑا (baṛā) | بڑے (baṛe) | بڑی (baṛī) | بڑی (baṛī) | |
indirect | بڑے (baṛe) | بڑے (baṛe) | بڑی (baṛī) | بڑی (baṛī) |
Derived terms
[edit]- بڑا دن (baṛā din)
Descendants
[edit]- → Shina: بڑُ (baṛo)
Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi doublets
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː/2 syllables
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi adjectives
- Punjabi adjectives in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi adverbs
- Punjabi adverbs in Shahmukhi script
- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑː
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑː/2 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu adjectives
- Urdu terms with usage examples
- Punjabic Urdu
- Urdu adjectives with declension