Definitions and meaning of bah
bah
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Bahamian.
Symbol
bah
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bahamian Creole.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Bahamian Creole terms
English
Etymology 1
Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bæ/, /bɑː/
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- Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː
- Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)
Interjection
bah
- (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
Synonyms
- (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, poh, pish; see also Thesaurus:bah
- (expressing disgust): bleh, ick, ych a fi; see also Thesaurus:yuck
Derived terms
- bah humbug
- pooh-bah, poobah
Translations
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)
Noun
bah (plural bahs)
- Alternative spelling of baa.
Interjection
bah
- Alternative spelling of baa.
Etymology 3
Particle
bah
- (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative spelling of ba.
See also
- sis boom bah
- (Singlish particles): ah, hor, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what
Anagrams
- ABH, AHB, BHA, HAB, HBA, Hab, Hab., hab
Dutch
Etymology
Exclamatory
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ/
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- Hyphenation: bah
Interjection
bah
- An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck
French
Etymology
Not well-attested in texts, but of imitative origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”).
Sense 2 is a denasalized version of "ben".
Pronunciation
Interjection
bah
- No.
- An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um
- Synonym: ben
- Tu veux jouer aussi ? ― Bah, ouais.
- Do you want to play too? ― Well, yeah.
Further reading
- “bah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Exclamatory
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba(h)/, /baː/, /ba.aː/
Interjection
bah
- an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.
- Synonyms: igitt, iiih, pfui, üäh
Hokkien
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
bah
- flood (overflow of water)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbah/ [ˈbah]
- Rhymes: -ah
- Syllabification: bah
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay bah, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.
Noun
bah (plural bah-bah)
- (dialectal) synonym of banjir (“flood”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch bah.
Interjection
bah
- synonym of idih
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Malay bah.
Interjection
bah
- (dialectal) an exclamation of intimacy
Further reading
- “bah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Exclamatory
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination.
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: bah
Interjection
bah
- indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question
See also
References
Further reading
- bah in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bah/
- Rhymes: -ah
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. Cognate with Sundanese caah.
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)
- flood (overflow of water)
- Synonym: banjir
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- short for abah
Etymology 3
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- short for babah
Etymology 4
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- abbreviation of bahasa
Etymology 5
Preposition
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- alternative form of bawah
Portuguese
Interjection
bah!
- (Rio Grande do Sul) alternative form of bá
Simalungun Batak
Noun
bah
- water
- river
References
- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 18.
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Latin vāh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba]
- Rhymes: -a
Interjection
bah
- indicates disdain or unbelief
See also
Further reading
- “bah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Zou
Verb
bah
- bet
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
Zyphe
Verb
bah
- to owe
References
- Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)[1]
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