As a Hindi name
भावा · bhāwā · adj.
= bhāyā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 180
Cited formation "भावा" is भ + -आवा: भ means "the twenty-fourth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आवा forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(11) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "भावा" is भाव + -आ: भाव means "rate, price", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "भावा" is भावना + -आ: भावना means "feeling, sense", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
state, condition, rank (with sthāvira, old age; euphem. = he dies; state of being anything, esp. ifc., e.g. bālabhāva, the state of being a child, childhood = bālatā or -tva; somet… — feminine form of bhāva
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M1 · same meaning "bhāvā" is the feminine form of "bhāva" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
bhāva m. (√ bhū) becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance, ŚvetUp.; KātyŚr. &c.
turning or transition into (loc. or comp.), MBh.; RPrāt.
Alternative readings
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