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单词 bada
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badaadj.

Brit. /ˈbadə/, U.S. /ˈbɑdə/
Forms: 1800s– burra Brit. /ˈbʌrə/, U.S. /ˈbərə/, 1800s– burrah, 1900s– bada, 1900s– bara.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi baṛā.
Etymology: < Hindi baṛā great < Prakrit vaḍḍa , vaḍḍha < Sanskrit vṛddha grown, large, great (see vṛddhi n.). Compare earlier bada din n. and also burra sahib n.The variation between r and d in English reflects different ways of approximating the Hindi consonant (a retroflex flap, also pronounced as a voiced retroflex dental by speakers of some related languages; neither sound is found in English). Compare the following earlier use of the Hindi word in an English context in the name of a market (and hence a neighbourhood) in Kolkata, now Burrabazaar (Hindi baṛā bāzār):1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 49 Q. Where did he live in Calcutta? A. In Huzreymull's house in the Burrah Buzar, when he first arrived.
Indian English.
1. Of great size or importance; chief, principal; (very) large, big.In early use, often before a name or title.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance
worthlyeOE
mickleeOE
greatc1225
right hand?c1225
solemna1387
materialc1475
superior1526
grand1542
weighty1558
main1581
pregnant1591
pregnate1598
materious1611
moliminous1642
momentous1656
magic1696
all-important1748
big1748
eventful1756
colossal1775
bread and butter1822
bada1825
key1832
all-absorbing1834
earth-moving?1834
earth-shaking1835
earth-shatteringa1859
high-ranking1874
beaucoup1917
major league1951
earth-stopping1956
crucial1957
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important
mosteOE
foremostc1000
headOE
headlyOE
nexta1200
umest1513
primary1565
headest1577
ruling1590
forward1591
capital1597
of the first magnitude1643
palmary1646
top1647
prepondering1651
headmost1661
home1662
life-and-death1804
palmarian1815
bada1825
key1832
première1844
1825 Oriental Herald Apr. 27 They [sc. the Sepoys] earnestly wished to make a representation to the ‘Burra General’ (that is, the Commander-in-Chief).
1853 Standard 13 Aug. The golden chair in which the Burra Maharaja held his state..[has] been sent to this country..for the purpose of being placed in the..museum at the East India House.
1884 Times of India 17 Jan. 5/5 A gentleman gave his servants a free day at the Exhibition, and..asked his bearer what he had seen. ‘Oh,’ said the man, ‘I saw a burra belatee mem in a glass case, and a burra bottle of beer.’
1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 10 547/1 When dear Baba was little, She used to roar and squall, But now she is a burrah girl She never cries at all.
1930 Times of India 7 July 7/4 A burra dance and cabaret in the monsoon is a bit of a novelty.
1969 F. Anthony Britain's Betrayal in India xii. 355 Second-class Britons..were as rigidly excluded from the ‘burra’ clubs as members of any other community.
2016 India Abroad (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 6 May a4 Anoushka and James took their vows at Spencer House, London and there was a bada bash, the next day at Cornwall Manor, Chipping Norton.
2. spec. Of a measure of spirits, esp. whisky: large; double. Chiefly in bada peg and variants: a generous measure (of spirits), a long drink (see peg n.1 12). Cf. chota adj.
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1888 R. Kipling His Brother's Keeper in Week's News (Allahabad) 7 Apr. 8 Hi bearer, do burraburra whiskey-peg lao, and just put all the barf into them that you can find.
1922 King's Royal Rifle Corps Chron. 1921 69 We managed to get him safely back to camp, where we all indulged in a fairly Bara Peg before turning in.
1941 E. Linklater Man on my Back xix. 265 Burra pegs all round, and join the ladies. A tiger-frightener and one for the road.
1980 H. Cooke Time Change iii. 66 He asks the firstcomers to have a burrah peg on the house.
2009 Hindustan Times Newswire (Nexis) 13 Oct. All of us should raise a toast to the Games Organising Committee chairman..at the Gymkhana Club. And nothing short of a bada peg will do.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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