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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian بها.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑˈhɑ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha

Noun

baha (definite accusative bahanı, plural bahalar)

  1. (dated) value, price, cost
    Bunlar nəyin bahasına nail oldu?At what cost was this achieved?
    nəyin bahasına olursa olsunno matter what it takes

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...

Adjective

baha (comparative daha baha, superlative ən baha)

  1. expensive
    Şəhərdə bundan baha ev yoxdur.
    There is no house more expensive than this in the city.

Adverb

baha

  1. expensively, costly
    Tətil vaxtı xaricə getmək baha başa gəlir.
    Going abroad during the vacations costs a lot.

Derived terms

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈhaʔ/ [baˈhaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha

Noun

bahâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜑ)

  1. flood
    Synonym: pagsanop

Adjective

bahâ (plural baraha, Basahan spelling ᜊᜑ)

  1. flooded
    Synonym: sanop

Derived terms

  • bahaon
  • magbaha

Cebuano

Noun

baha

  1. flood

Higaonon

Noun

baha

  1. flood

Hiligaynon

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baha

  1. cow

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.

Noun

baha

  1. shoulder

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahá

  1. flood

Oromo

Noun

baha

  1. east

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. Compare Malay bah. See also Sanskrit वाह (vā́ha, flowing into or towards).

Pronunciation

Noun

bahâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑ)

  1. flood; inundation
    Synonyms: inundasyon, lanap, (Marinduque) lanip
  2. (obsolete) current; stream of the river
    Synonyms: agos, batis, daloy, saloy
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish baja.

Pronunciation

Noun

baha (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑ)

  1. lower part of something
    Synonym: ibaba
  2. decrease in value or price
    Synonym: bagsak-presyo
  3. discount
    Synonyms: deskuwento, tawad
  4. stoppage (of ration, installment, subscription, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagtigil, paghinto
Derived terms

Further reading

  • baha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • baha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baSaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 276

Anagrams

Tooro

Pronunciation

Pronoun

baha (interrogative)

  1. class 2 of -ha: who

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 427

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

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