བ

See also: བཱུ, བྱ, བྷ, བློ, པ, and བུ

བ	U+0F56, བ TIBETAN LETTER BA

← ཕ
[U+0F55]

Tibetan

བྷ →
[U+0F57]

Translingual

Letter

བ

Tibetan letter ba

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ba/
Lhasa: /wa˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: wa^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /wa˥˥/

This may be pronounced in a number of ways, such as wa^f, or as -Ca (taking on the final consonant -C of the previous syllable). It may also coalesce with the previous syllable.

Particle

བ • (ba)

common suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns
male personifying/agent particle

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ba/
Lhasa: /pʰa˩˧/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: pa^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰa˩˧/

Noun

བ • (ba)

cow

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