बड़ा

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बड़ा

/bə.ɽɑː/ Hindi, Standard
[bɐ.ɽäː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.

Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Sindhi وَڏو (vaḏo) / वॾो (vaḏo), Romani baro.

adjective baṛā · بڑا · बड़ा · बड़े · बड़ी

big, large, huge बड़ा देश
Opposite: छोटा
massive, heavy
grown up, adult बड़ा बच्चा
important वह बड़ा आदमी है।
capitalized, majuscule; long (of Hindi vowels) बड़े आ से लिखो
colloquial very बड़ा अच्छा

In English

big of a great size — see also large
great very big, large scale
large of greater size — see also big
vada Asian doughnut

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"बड़ा." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

बड़ा. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE

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"बड़ा." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {बड़ा},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}