Etymology

ba

B3A1

Today it means: A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food. Full definition →

Egyptian bꜣ
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ba · noun1

  1. Egyptian · borrowed frombꜣ
  2. English todayba

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1

ba · noun2

The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.

ba · particle3

From Mandarin 吧 (ba).

Ba · proper noun4

  1. Fijian · borrowed fromBa
  2. Fijian · borrowed fromBa
  3. English todayBa

Borrowed from Fijian Ba.

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