واء

Pattani Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waʔ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Thai วัด (wát).

Noun

واء (waʔ) (Thai spelling วะ)

  1. Buddhist temple

Etymology 2

Apheretic form of بوّاء / บูวะ (buwaʔ), from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.

Verb

واء (waʔ) (Thai spelling วะ)

  1. apheretic form of بوّاء / بوواء (buwaʔ, “to do”)

Sindhi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वापी (vāpī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋɑɪ]

Noun

واءِ • (vāi) ? (Devanagari वाइ)

  1. well

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋɑɪ]

Interjection

واءِ • (vāi)

  1. woe!
  2. alas!
  3. fie!

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋɑʊ]

Noun

واءُ • (vāu) m (Devanagari वाउ)

  1. wind

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “واءِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “واءُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “واءُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
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