बड़ा

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), from Sanskrit वड्र (vaḍra), from वृद्ध (vṛddha). Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Romani baro.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɽɑː/, [bɐ.ɽäː]

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बड़ा • (baṛā) (Urdu spelling بڑا)

1. big, large, huge

   Antonym: छोटा (choṭā)

   बड़ा देश ― baṛā deś ― big country

   बड़ा शहर ― baṛā śahar ― big city

2. massive, heavy
3. grown up, adult

   बड़ा बच्चा ― baṛā baccā ― grown boy

4. important

   वह बड़ा आदमी है।

   vah baṛā ādmī hai.

   He is an important man.

5. capitalized, majuscule; long (of Hindi vowels)

   बड़े आ से लिखो ― baṛe ā se likho ― write it with a long a

   बड़ा ऐच ― baṛā aic ― capital aitch

6. (vernacular) very

   बड़ा अच्छा ― baṛā acchā ― very good

• बड़ा दिन (baṛā din)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press