bah

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Bahamian. === Symbol === bah (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bahamian Creole. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Bahamian Creole terms == English == === Etymology 1 === Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah. ==== Alternative forms ==== baugh (archaic) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /bæ/, /bɑː/ Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations) ==== Interjection ==== bah (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper. ===== Synonyms ===== (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, poh, pish; see also Thesaurus:bah (expressing disgust): bleh, ick, ych a fi; see also Thesaurus:yuck ===== Derived terms ===== bah humbug pooh-bah, poobah ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== baa ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /bɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations) ==== Noun ==== bah (plural bahs) Alternative spelling of baa. ==== Interjection ==== bah Alternative spelling of baa. === Etymology 3 === ==== Particle ==== bah (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative spelling of ba. === See also === sis boom bah === Anagrams === ABH, AHB, BHA, HAB, HBA, Hab, Hab., hab == Dutch == === Etymology === Exclamatory === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑ/ Hyphenation: bah === Interjection === bah An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck == French == === Etymology === Not well-attested in texts, but of imitative origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”). Sense 2 is a denasalized version of "ben". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba/ === Interjection === bah No. An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um Synonym: ben Tu veux jouer aussi ? ― Bah, ouais. Do you want to play too? ― Well, yeah. === Further reading === “bah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === hab == German == === Alternative forms === bäh === Etymology === Exclamatory === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba(h)/, /baː/, /ba.aː/ === Interjection === bah an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc. Synonyms: igitt, iiih, pfui, üäh == Hokkien == == Iban == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəah/ === Noun === bah flood (overflow of water) == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbah/ [ˈbah] Rhymes: -ah Syllabification: bah === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay bah, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. ==== Noun ==== bah (plural bah-bah) (dialectal) synonym of banjir (“flood”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Dutch bah. ==== Interjection ==== bah synonym of idih === Etymology 3 === Perhaps from Malay bah. ==== Interjection ==== bah (dialectal) 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 === Exclamatory === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination. Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: bah === Interjection === 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 ==== mah === References === === Further reading === bah in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bah/ Rhymes: -ah === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq. Cognate with Sundanese caah. ==== Noun ==== bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah) flood (overflow of water) Synonym: banjir ===== Descendants ===== Indonesian: bah === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bah (Jawi spelling به) short for abah === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== bah (Jawi spelling به) short for babah === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== bah (Jawi spelling به) abbreviation of bahasa === Etymology 5 === ==== Preposition ==== bah (Jawi spelling به) alternative form of bawah == Portuguese == === Interjection === bah! (Rio Grande do Sul) 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 == === Noun === bah water river === References === Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 18. == Spanish == === Etymology === Possibly from Latin vāh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba] Rhymes: -a === Interjection === bah indicates disdain or unbelief ==== See also ==== qué va ==== 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 == === Etymology === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɓaak. Cognates include Mizo bǎak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bāːʔ] Hyphenation: bah === Noun === bâh bat === 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 === bah to owe === References === Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎[1]