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Bah
Bah
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bah
bah
English
Interjection
bah
- (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
- "My website is much better than yours!" ― "Let me check... bah!!"
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French
Interjection
bah
- An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um.
- Tu veux jouer aussi ? - Bah, ouais
- 'Do you want to play too? - Well, yeah
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Italian
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.
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Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bah/
- Rhymes: -bah, -ah
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.
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Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)
- flood (overflow of water)
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Etymology 2
Shortened form of abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba-h, from *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
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Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of abah
Etymology 3
Shortened form of babah, from baba, variant of bapa.
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Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of bapa
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
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Abbreviation
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Abbreviation of bahasa.
Etymology 5
Shortened form of bawah, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
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Preposition
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of bawah