# baha
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian بها.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑˈhɑ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧ha

### Noun

baha (definite accusative bahanı, plural bahalar)
* (dated) value, price, cost
    Bunlar nəyin bahasına nail oldu? ― At what cost was this achieved?
    nəyin bahasına olursa olsun ― no matter what it takes

#### Declension
### Adjective

baha (comparative daha baha, superlative ən baha)
* expensive
    Şəhərdə bundan baha ev yoxdur.There is no house more expensive than this in the city.

### Adverb

baha
* expensively, costly
    Tətil vaxtı xaricə getmək baha başa gəlir.Going abroad during the vacations costs a lot.

#### Derived terms

* bahalı (“expensive”)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈhaʔ/ [baˈhaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ha

### Noun

bahâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜑ)
* flood
    Synonym: pagsanop

### Adjective

bahâ (plural baraha, Basahan spelling ᜊᜑ)
* flooded
    Synonym: sanop

#### Derived terms

* bahaon
* magbaha

## Cebuano
### Noun

baha
* flood

## Higaonon
### Noun

baha
* flood

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Karao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

### Noun

baha
* cow

## Masbate Sorsogon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Ngaju
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.

### Noun

baha
* shoulder

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahá
* flood

## Oromo
### Noun

baha
* east

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. Compare Malay bah. See also Sanskrit वाह (vā́ha, “flowing into or towards”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈhaʔ/ [bɐˈhaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧ha

#### Noun

bahâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑ)
* flood; inundation
    Synonyms: inundasyon, lanap, (Marinduque) lanip
* (obsolete) current; stream of the river
    Synonyms: agos, batis, daloy, saloy

##### Derived terms

* babahaan
* bahaan
* bahain
* biglang-baha
* bumaha
* magbaha
* pagbaha
* tagbaha
* tubig-baha

##### See also

* dilubyo

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish baja.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaha/ [ˈbaː.hɐ]
* Rhymes: -aha
* Syllabification: ba‧ha

#### Noun

baha (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑ)
* lower part of something
    Synonym: ibaba
* decrease in value or price
    Synonym: bagsak-presyo
* discount
    Synonyms: deskuwento, tawad
* stoppage (of ration, installment, subscription, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagtigil, paghinto

##### Derived terms

* bumaha
* magpabaha

##### Related terms

* bahada
* bahete
* bahista
* baho
* bahon
* bahorelyebe
* bahura

### Further reading

* “baha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “baha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baSaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 276

### Anagrams

* haba, Haba

## Waray Sorsogon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood