bah
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#BAH BahamianCategory:Translingual clippings#BAH.
Symbol
bahCategory:Translingual lemmas#BAHCategory:Translingual symbols#BAHCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BAHCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
See also
English
Etymology 1
Early 19th century, probably borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#BAHCategory:English terms derived from French#BAH bah.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bæ/, /bɑː/Category:English 1-syllable words#BAHCategory:English 1-syllable words#BAHCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BAH
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BAHAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æ, -ɑːCategory:Rhymes:English/æ#BAHCategory:Rhymes:English/æ/1 syllable#BAHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː#BAHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable#BAH
- Homophones: baa, barCategory:English terms with homophones#BAH (in some pronunciations)
Interjection
bahCategory:English lemmas#BAHCategory:English interjections#BAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- (sometimes humorousCategory:English humorous terms#BAH) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 301:
- "To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.Category:English terms with quotations#BAH
- 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 141:
- This process being entirely inadequate to express the nature of his emotions he ejaculated "Bah!" and so gave Cripps to understand that he was now removed from consideration as a human being.Category:English terms with quotations#BAH
- 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 22:
- “Bah!” cried the woman. “My husband will know!”Category:English terms with quotations#BAH
- 1992, April Kihlstrom, Dangerous Masquerade:
- Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs."Category:English terms with quotations#BAH
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bah (plural bahs)Category:English lemmas#BAHCategory:English nouns#BAHCategory:English countable nouns#BAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- Alternative spelling of baa.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- `There, cut his throat quick. Where is the saucer?' `The Goat! the Goat! the Goat! Give me the blood of my black goat! I must have it, don't you see I must have it? Oh! oh! oh! give me the blood of the goat.' At this moment a terrified bah! announced that the poor goat had been sacrificed, and the next minute a woman ran up with a saucer full of blood.Category:English terms with quotations#BAH
Interjection
bahCategory:English lemmas#BAHCategory:English interjections#BAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- Alternative spelling of baa.
Etymology 3
Particle
bahCategory:English lemmas#BAHCategory:English particles#BAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- (ManglishCategory:Manglish#BAH, SinglishCategory:Singlish#BAH) Alternative spelling of baCategory:English links with manual fragments#BAH.
See also
Anagrams
Category:English 3-letter words#BAHDutch
Etymology
ExclamatoryCategory:Dutch onomatopoeias#BAH
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BAH
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BAHAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: bah
Interjection
bahCategory:Dutch lemmas#BAHCategory:Dutch interjections#BAHCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
French
Etymology
Not well-attested in texts, but of imitativeCategory:French onomatopoeias#BAH origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”). Sense 2 is a denasalized version of "ben".
Pronunciation
Interjection
bahCategory:French lemmas#BAHCategory:French interjections#BAHCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- NoCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#BAH.
- An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um
- Synonym: ben
- Tu veux jouer aussi ? ― Bah, ouais.Category:French terms with usage examples#BAH
- Do you want to play too? ― Well, yeah.Category:French terms with usage examples#BAH
Further reading
- “bah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
ExclamatoryCategory:German onomatopoeias#BAH
Pronunciation
Interjection
bahCategory:German lemmas#BAHCategory:German interjections#BAHCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of bah – see 肉 (“meat; flesh”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肉). |
Iban
Etymology
Category:Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BAHCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BAHFrom Proto-MalayicCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BAHCategory:Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BAH, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAHCategory:Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAH *bahaq, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BAHCategory:Iban terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BAH *baSaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
bahCategory:Iban lemmas#BAHCategory:Iban nouns#BAHCategory:Iban entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- flood (overflow of water)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbah/ [ˈbah]Category:Indonesian 1-syllable words#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BAH
- Rhymes: -ahCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ah#BAHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ah/1 syllable#BAH
- Syllabification: bah
Etymology 1
Category:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BAHInherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BAH bah, from Proto-MalayicCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BAH, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAH *bahaq, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BAH *baSaq.
Noun
bah (plural bah-bah)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BAHCategory:Indonesian nouns#BAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- (dialectalCategory:Indonesian dialectal terms#BAH) synonym of banjir (“flood”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#BAH bah.
Interjection
bahCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BAHCategory:Indonesian interjections#BAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- synonym of idih
Etymology 3
Perhaps from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Malay#BAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BAH bah.
Interjection
bahCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BAHCategory:Indonesian interjections#BAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- (dialectalCategory:Indonesian dialectal terms#BAH) an exclamation of intimacy
Further reading
- “bah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Etymology
ExclamatoryCategory:Italian onomatopoeias#BAH
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba/Category:Italian 1-syllable words#BAHCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#BAH, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination.[1]
- Rhymes: -aCategory:Rhymes:Italian/a#BAH
- Hyphenation: bah
Interjection
bahCategory:Italian lemmas#BAHCategory:Italian interjections#BAHCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#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
- ↑ bah in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- bah in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Category:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BAHCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BAHFrom Proto-MalayicCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BAH, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BAH *bahaq, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BAH *baSaq. Cognate with Sundanese caah.
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)Category:Malay lemmas#BAHCategory:Malay nouns#BAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
Descendants
- Indonesian: bah
Etymology 2
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)Category:Malay lemmas#BAHCategory:Malay nouns#BAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- short for abahCategory:Malay short forms#BAH
Etymology 3
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)Category:Malay lemmas#BAHCategory:Malay nouns#BAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- short for babahCategory:Malay short forms#BAH
Etymology 4
Noun
bah (Jawi spelling به)Category:Malay lemmas#BAHCategory:Malay nouns#BAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
Etymology 5
Preposition
bah (Jawi spelling به)Category:Malay lemmas#BAHCategory:Malay prepositions#BAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- alternative form of bawah
Portuguese
Interjection
bah!Category:Portuguese lemmas#BAHCategory:Portuguese interjections#BAHCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- (Rio Grande do SulCategory:Gaúcho Portuguese#BAH) alternative form of bá
Further reading
- “bah”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bah”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Simalungun Batak
Pronunciation
Noun
bahCategory:Simalungun Batak lemmas#BAHCategory:Simalungun Batak nouns#BAHCategory:Simalungun Batak entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
References
- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 18.
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#BAHCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#BAH vāh.
Pronunciation
Interjection
bahCategory:Spanish lemmas#BAHCategory:Spanish interjections#BAHCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
See also
Further reading
- “bah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Zou
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Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-ChinCategory:Zou terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin#BAHCategory:Zou terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin#BAH *ɓaak. Cognates include Mizo bǎak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bāːʔ]Category:Zou terms with IPA pronunciation#BAH
- Hyphenation: bah
Noun
bâhCategory:Zou lemmas#BAHCategory:Zou nouns#BAHCategory:Zou entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
References
- Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 34
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49
Zyphe
Verb
bahCategory:Zyphe lemmas#BAHCategory:Zyphe verbs#BAHCategory:Zyphe entries with incorrect language header#BAHCategory:Pages with entries#BAHCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAH
- to owe