[bājā], m. a musical instrument, instrumental music, band.
[◀MIA: Pk. vajja- (vāia- < *vādiya- ) n. ‘musical instrument’; Pa. vajja- n. ‘speaking’, vajja-bhēri- f. ‘drum’ ◀OIA vā́dya- ‘to be said’ AitBr., ‘to be played’ Cat., n. ‘speech’ ŚBr., n.m. ‘musical instrument’ R., vādya(ka)- n. ‘music’ BhP. <√vad ‘speak’ ◀PIE *au̯-, au̯ed- ‘to speak, talk, sing, scold, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. ode, melody, parody, tragedy ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0118; (Turner, 1966) 11511, p.656; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 593; (MW, 1899) 0940, 0916; (Pokorny, 1959) 0076; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.496
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