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"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "ـُوا",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "-ū",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"head": "ـُوا"
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"expansion": "ـُوا • (-ū)",
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],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "كَتَبَ (kataba, “he wrote”) + ـُوا (-ū) → كَتَبُوا (katabū, “they m wrote”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms past-tense third-person plural masculine conjugations of verbs."
],
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"morpheme"
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],
"glosses": [
"subjunctive/jussive of ـُونَ (-ūna, present-tense verb pluralizing suffix)"
],
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"links": [
[
"ـُونَ",
"ون#Arabic"
]
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/uː/"
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "وَا",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
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"form": "wā",
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"romanization"
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}
],
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"1": "وَا"
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"categories": [],
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0,
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],
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0,
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],
"english": "wellaway, woe, alas, what grief!",
"roman": "wā ʔasafāhu!",
"text": "وَا أَسَفَاهُ!",
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},
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0,
2
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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3
]
],
"english": "Oh my sadness for you father!",
"roman": "wā ḥuznāhu ʕalayka yā ʔabatāhu!",
"text": "وَا حُزْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ!",
"type": "example"
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0,
2
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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0,
3
]
],
"english": "what joy!",
"roman": "wā farḥatāhu!",
"text": "وَا فَرْحَتَاهُ!",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
2
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],
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0,
3
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],
"english": "what pain, how heartburning!",
"roman": "wā ḥarra qalbāhu!",
"text": "وَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Alas for a heart feverish on account of one whose heart is cold, and with whom there is a sickness in my body and estate.",
"text": "Al-Mutanabbi\nوَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ مِن مَنْ قَلْبُهُ شَبِمُ / وَمَنْ بِجِسْمِي وَحَالِي عِنْدَهُ سَقَمُ\nwā ḥarra qalbāhu min man qalbuhu šabimu / waman bijismī waḥālī ʕindahu saqamu",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"oh, woe"
],
"id": "en-وا-ar-particle-aapA7PIN",
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"oh",
"oh"
],
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"woe",
"woe"
]
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"(usually with following noun ending in āhu or ā) oh, woe"
],
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"with following noun ending in āhu or ā"
],
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"roman": "yā",
"word": "يَا"
}
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},
"expansion": "Middle Persian abāy-",
"name": "inh"
},
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "باید"
},
"expansion": "Persian باید",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "vā",
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],
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"english": "you must go",
"roman": "vā berī",
"text": "وا بری",
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"must"
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"2": "pal",
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"expansion": "Middle Persian abāg",
"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "با"
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"expansion": "Persian با",
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"english": "he was with Ali",
"roman": "vā alī bī",
"text": "وا علی بی",
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"with"
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},
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"1": "pal",
"2": "𐭥𐭠𐭩",
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{
"english": "very hot weather",
"roman": "juš-e vâ",
"text": "جوش وا",
"type": "example"
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{
"english": "to lie, to say nonsense",
"literal_meaning": "to hit air",
"roman": "vâ bazoen",
"text": "وا بزوئن",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to rot",
"literal_meaning": "to get air",
"roman": "vâ bayiten",
"text": "وا بییتن",
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"air"
],
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"english": "start of a storm, sudden change of weather",
"roman": "vâ dapiten",
"text": "وا دپیتن",
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"weather"
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"weather",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"english": "to get arrogant",
"literal_meaning": "to get air",
"roman": "vâ bayiten",
"text": "وا بییتن",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pride, vanity"
],
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"pride",
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"vanity",
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},
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"tr": "bâd"
},
"expansion": "Persian باد (bâd)",
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],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah. Akin to Persian باد (bâd).",
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"form": "vâ",
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "winds from the beach",
"roman": "kenâr vâ",
"text": "کنار وا",
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"wind"
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"id": "en-وا-mzn-noun-m1jmgUWn",
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"english": "to swell",
"roman": "vâ hakerden",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"a disease that affects sheep’s livers and other body parts"
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"t": "open",
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"expansion": "Persian وا (vâ, “open”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
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"tr": "bâz"
},
"expansion": "Persian باز (bâz)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Persian وا (vâ, “open”), Persian باز (bâz).",
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"english": "to open",
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"english": "to be opened",
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"text": "وا بویین",
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"3": "ว่าว"
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"expansion": "Thai ว่าว (wâao)",
"name": "bor"
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"expansion": "Malay wau",
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"etymology_text": "From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Malay wau.",
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"form": "วา",
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"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"_dis": "0 10 7 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 23 1 34 0 11 1 1 4 0",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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"kite (toy)"
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"word": "لايٍي"
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{
"word": "ลาแย"
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}
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"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) open"
],
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{
"roman": "vâ kardan",
"word": "وا کردن"
},
{
"roman": "bâz",
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],
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"colloquial"
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}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"romanization"
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}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "interjection",
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"expansion": "وا • (vâ)",
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],
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "intj",
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"_dis": "0 100",
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],
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"indicates the speaker is surprised or confused."
],
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"surprised",
"surprised#English"
],
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"confused",
"confused#English"
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],
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"(informal) indicates the speaker is surprised or confused."
],
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"roman": "vây",
"word": "وای"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
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}
],
"word": "وا"
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"2": "inc-opa",
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],
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{
"form": "vā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ਵਾ",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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},
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"form": "pnb-decl-noun",
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"form": "وا",
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"direct",
"singular"
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"form": "وا",
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"plural"
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},
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"form": "وا",
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Malay wau.",
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{
"form": "wa",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "วา",
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"Thai"
]
}
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}
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"Pattani Malay terms derived from Thai"
],
"glosses": [
"kite (toy)"
],
"links": [
[
"kite",
"kite"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "لايٍي"
},
{
"word": "ลาแย"
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
{
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"Persian lemmas"
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{
"form": "vâ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
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],
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"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"roman": "vâ kardan",
"word": "وا کردن"
},
{
"roman": "bâz",
"word": "باز"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Persian colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"open"
],
"links": [
[
"open",
"open"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) open"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
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"Persian lemmas"
],
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{
"form": "vâ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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"2": "interjection",
"tr": "vâ"
},
"expansion": "وا • (vâ)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "intj",
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{
"roman": "vây",
"word": "وای"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Persian informal terms"
],
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"indicates the speaker is surprised or confused."
],
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[
"surprised",
"surprised#English"
],
[
"confused",
"confused#English"
]
],
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],
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"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Punjabi nouns with declension",
"Punjabi terms derived from Old Punjabi",
"Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Punjabi terms inherited from Old Punjabi",
"Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit",
"Punjabi terms with redundant script codes",
"pa:Atmosphere"
],
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},
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"name": "glossary"
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{
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"2": "sa",
"3": "वायु",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "sa",
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{
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},
{
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"1": "sd",
"2": "واء",
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu). First attested as Old Punjabi واء (vā'u). Cognate with Sindhi واء (vā'u).",
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{
"form": "vā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ਵਾ",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
"form": "وا",
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"direct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "وا",
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},
{
"form": "وا",
"roman": "vā",
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "واواں",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "واوا",
"roman": "vāvā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "واوو",
"roman": "vāvo",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "با",
"roman": "bā",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"dialectal",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "واءُ",
"roman": "vāu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"gur": "ਵਾ"
},
"expansion": "وا • (vā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾ)",
"name": "pa-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "وا",
"10": "واویں",
"11": "واوے",
"12": "واویں",
"2": "وا",
"3": "وا",
"4": "واواں",
"5": "واوا",
"6": "واوو",
"7": "واووں",
"8": "",
"9": "واوے"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "pa",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"air"
],
"links": [
[
"air",
"air"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wind"
],
"links": [
[
"wind",
"wind"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʋäː]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "havā",
"word": "ہواء"
},
{
"roman": "pauṇ",
"word": "پوݨ"
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
"Urdu learned borrowings from Sanskrit",
"Urdu lemmas",
"Urdu rare terms",
"Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
"Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Urdu terms with redundant head parameter",
"Urdu terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to open",
"roman": "vā karnā",
"word": "وا کرنا"
},
{
"english": "to be open, opened",
"roman": "vā honā",
"word": "وا ہونا"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "vā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"tr": "vā"
},
"expansion": "وا • (vā)",
"name": "ur-adj"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"open, open wide"
],
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[
"open",
"open"
],
[
"wide",
"wide"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "باز"
},
{
"word": "واز"
}
]
}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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"Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
"Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Urdu terms with redundant head parameter",
"Urdu terms with redundant transliterations"
],
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"1": "ur",
"2": "sa",
"3": "वा"
},
"expansion": "Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वा (vā)",
"name": "lbor"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "vā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "वा",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
}
],
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"tr": "vā"
},
"expansion": "وا • (vā) (Hindi spelling वा)",
"name": "ur-con"
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"2": "rare"
},
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}
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"pos": "conj",
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{
"glosses": [
"or"
],
"links": [
[
"or",
"or"
]
],
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"rare"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ʋɑː/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
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}
],
"word": "وا"
}
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