Ba (Term: Ba · bꜣ · noun ) "soul"

Ba (signs: 𓅡 𓏤 · transliteration: bꜣ) is a word in the Ancient Egyptian language related to psycholinguistics. It is usually translated as "(noun) soul." The Ancient Egyptian language belongs to the language family known as Afro-Asiatic.

Definition of "Ba"

Source: A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

S.v., bꜣ

1. n.

soul

1.

be; passes; a soul

1. n.

souls of dead

𓅡 𓏤 bꜣ

1 n.

soul

1 𓅡 𓏤 bꜣ n.

soul

𓅡 bꜣ

1

be; passes; a soul

1 𓅡 bꜣ

be; passes; a soul

𓅢 bꜣw

1 n.

souls of dead

1 𓅢 bꜣw n.

souls of dead

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Definition of 'Ba'
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Type
Definition
Entry: 𓅡 𓏤 bꜣ
1
Noun

soul

Entry: 𓅡 bꜣ
1

be; passes; a soul

Entry: 𓅢 bꜣw
1
Noun

souls of dead

Source: Faulkner, CDME, 95. [View as image]
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bꜣ on page 95 of A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
Definition of 'Ba'
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Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Ba." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ba. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 28). Ba. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ba

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Ba." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 28, 2023. Modified October 9, 2023. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ba.

Bibliography

CDME

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian: Modernized by Boris Jegorović. Edited by Boris Jegorović. Oxford, United Kingdom: Griffith Institute, 2017.

WM

Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

Wiktionary

Wales, Jimmy D., et al. "Wiktionary: The Free Dictionary." San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Created December 12, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://wiktionary.org. [Visit]

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