আপা

Assamese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.pa/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa), from Sanskrit অল্প (alpa, “small”).

Doublet of অলপ (olop).

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. (Kamrupi) boy
    আপাটু মস্ত ঠৌগা, বধ্য ভাল লাগে তাক।
    apatu mosto thouga, bodhyo bhal lage tak.
    The boy is very beautiful, (I) like him a lot.
    Synonyms: ছলি (soli), (Standard) ল’ৰা (löra)
  2. (Kamrupi) son
    তুহ্নাৰ আপাটু দুখুন ডাঙাৰ হৈ গেল!
    tuhnar apatu dukhun daṅar hoi gel!
    Ah, it seems your son has become older!
    Synonyms: ছলি (soli), (Standard) ল’ৰা (löra)
  3. (informal) A young male home servant.
Declension

(Standard Assamese):

Inflection of আপা
Indefinite forms Definite forms
numeral non-numeral (plural)
singular plural informal formal
absolutive আপা
apa		 আপাটো
apatü		 আপাকেইটা
apakeita		 আপাবোৰ
apabür		 আপাবিলাক
apabilak		 আপাসমূহ
apaxomuh
ergative আপাই
apai		 আপাটোৱে
apatüe		 আপাকেইটাই
apakeitai		 আপাবোৰে
apabüre		 আপাবিলাকে
apabilake		 আপাসমূহে
apaxomuhe
accusative আপাক
apak		 আপাটোক
apatük		 আপাকেইটাক
apakeitak		 আপাবোৰক
apabürok		 আপাবিলাকক
apabilakok		 আপাসমূহক
apaxomuhok
genitive আপাৰ
apar		 আপাটোৰ
apatür		 আপাকেইটাৰ
apakeitar		 আপাবোৰৰ
apabüror		 আপাবিলাকৰ
apabilakor		 আপাসমূহৰ
apaxomuhor
dative আপালৈ
apaloi		 আপাটোলৈ
apatüloi		 আপাকেইটালৈ
apakeitaloi		 আপাবোৰলৈ
apabüroloi		 আপাবিলাকলৈ
apabilakoloi		 আপাসমূহলৈ
apaxomuholoi
terminative আপালৈকে
apaloike		 আপাটোলৈকে
apatüloike		 আপাকেইটালৈকে
apakeitaloike		 আপাবোৰলৈকে
apabüroloike		 আপাবিলাকলৈকে
apabilakoloike		 আপাসমূহলৈকে
apaxomuholoike
instrumental আপাৰে
apare		 আপাটোৰে
apatüre		 আপাকেইটাৰে
apakeitare		 আপাবোৰেৰে
apabürere		 আপাবিলাকেৰে
apabilakere		 আপাসমূহেৰে
apaxomuhere
locative আপাত
apat		 আপাটোত
apatüt		 আপাকেইটাত
apakeitat		 আপাবোৰত
apabürot		 আপাবিলাকত
apabilakot		 আপাসমূহত
apaxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Alternative forms
  • এপা (epa)

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. father, mother (used by the Ahom community)
Derived terms
  • আপাদেউ (apadeu)

Bengali

Etymology

Derived from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

Noun

আপা • (apa)

  1. elder sister
    Synonym: বুবু (bubu)
  2. word used to address elderly women/unfamiliar ladies/school mistresses

References

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • āpā (Latin script)
  • 𑀆𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • आपा (Devanagari script)
  • ආපා (Sinhalese script)
  • အာပါ or ဢႃပႃ (Burmese script)
  • อาปา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨷᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາປາ (Lao script)
  • អាបា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄛𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

আপা

  1. Bengali script form of āpā, which is ablative singular of আপ (āpa, “water”)
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