Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, not-comparable
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Synonyms: bada
Antonyms: none provided
name
A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werdh- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dzdhás Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha) Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)? Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa) Hindi बड़ा (baṛā)bor. English burra Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).
