"يا" meaning in Gulf Arabic

See يا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /jaː/ [Kuwait] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “or”). Etymology templates: {{bor|afb|fa|یا|t=or|tr=yâ}} Persian یا (yâ, “or”) Head templates: {{head|afb|conjunction|head=يا|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. either ... or
    Sense id: en-يا-afb-conj--csSF6UA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: /jaː/ [Kuwait] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{inh|afb|ar|يَا}} Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{head|afb|particle|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. vocative particle Tags: particle, vocative
    Sense id: en-يا-afb-particle-BzaK42zn Categories (other): Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Gulf Arabic particles Disambiguation of Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for يا meaning in Gulf Arabic (1.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Gulf Arabic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (8203a16 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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