وبا

From Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

وبا • (veba) (plural اوبا)

1. plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)

• Turkish: veba

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وبا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1302
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 234
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2125

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

وبا • (vabâ)

1. cholera

   همه‌گیری وبا ― hame-giri-ye vabâ ― cholera epidemic

   واکسن وبا ― vâksen-e vabâ ― cholera vaccine

2. (obsolete) the plague

   Synonym: طاعون (tâ'un)

3. (obsolete) epidemic, plague (in general)

   Synonym: همه‌گیری (hamegiri)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (waḇā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).

وَبا • (vabā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਬਾ)

1. epidemic, contagion

   Synonym: مَہاماری (mahāmārī)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وَبا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وبا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਵਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian وبا (wabā), from Arabic وَباء (wabāʔ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.bɑː/
• Hyphenation: وَ‧با

وَبا • (vabā) f (Hindi spelling वबा)

1. epidemic, contagion
2. plague, pestilence, pest

   Synonym: طاعُون (tā'ūn)

3. cholera

   Synonym: ہَیضَہ (haiza)

4. affliction, evil

   Synonyms: بَلا (balā), آفَت (āfat)

• “وبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وبا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.