бага

See also: бяга

Abaza

FWOTD – 21 May 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *bagá, from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bӏagá (“jackal; fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baɡa]

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. fox

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably cognate with dialectal Russian ба́га (bága), бага́н (bagán, “natural spirit”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ба́га • (bága) m or f

1. (dialectal, obsolete) fabled character, hero

Declension

Declension of ба́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	ба́га bága	ба́ги bági
definite	ба́гата bágata	ба́гите bágite

Related terms

• багате́л (bagatél) (with suffix -тел (-tel))

Further reading

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “багате́лъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 12
• Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бага”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 47

Chechen

Noun

бага • (baga) ?

1. larch (Larix, tree)

Dolgan

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. love
2. frog (amphibian)

Mongolian

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “child, infant, young of an animal”).

Cognate with Kalmyk баһ (bağ), East Yugur bagha, Khitan 𘮽𘯛 (*b qo, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɢ/, [päq]

Adjective

бага • (baga) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (bag-a))

1. small
2. few
3. young

Synonyms

• (small): жижиг (žižig), өчүүхэн (öčüüxen), жижигхэн (žižigxen)
• (young): залуу (zaluu), нялх (njalx)

Antonyms

• их (ix), том (tom, “big”)
• хуучин (xuučin, “old”)

Derived terms

• бага хурал (baga xural, “conference”)

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. a bit (a small amount)

Adverb

бага • (baga)

1. slightly, a bit

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡə]

Noun

ба́га • (bága) m inan

1. genitive singular of баг (bag)