بوا
See also: توا
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From baby talk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buw.wa/
Noun
بوا • (buwwa) f
Persian
Noun
بوا • (buâ, bwâ, bowâ)
- (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) colloquial form of بابا (bâbâ, “father, grandfather”)
Southwestern Fars
Noun
بوا (bovâ)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) father
Urdu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊ.ʋɑː/, [bʊ̯wɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: بُ‧وَا
Noun
بُوَا • (buvā) f (Hindi spelling बुवा)
- any female person (usually older)
- a title affixed in front female names
- sister (usually older)
- mother (usually of another person's)
- an old female servant
- (Hindu) paternal aunt (father's sister)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بُوَا (buvā) | بُوَائیں (buvāẽ) |
| oblique | بُوَا (buvā) | بُوَاؤں (buvāõ) |
| vocative | بُوَا (buvā) | بُوَاؤ (buvāo) |
Further reading
- “بوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “بوا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]