بھا

• IPA^(key): [baː]

بھا (bā) m

1. extinguished

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pā̀ IPA^(key): /päː˨/
• Rhymes: -äː˨

Inherited from Sanskrit भाव (bhāvá).

بھا • (bhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾ)

1. price; rate

   Synonyms: مُلّ (mull), قِیمَت (qīmat)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

بھا • (bhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾ)

1. affection; love

Inherited from Sanskrit भास (bhāsá).

بھا • (bhā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾ)

1. flame; fire

   Synonyms: آتَش (ātaś), اَگّ (agg)

2. hot; warmth (relating to temperature)
3. (figuratively) anger

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of بھائی (bhā'ī)

بھا • (bhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾ)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother; bro”)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrā́tr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “بھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

From Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”) Cognate with Khowar برار (braár), Hindi भ्राता (bhrātā), Kashmiri بوے (bōy).

• IPA^(key): /bʰa/

بھا (bhā)

1. brother

بھا (bhā)

1. then
2. again
3. later