ba

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in ancient Egyptian belief, the soul or spiritual aspect of a person

   The tomb paintings showed the ba departing the body as a human-headed bird.

From Egyptian bꜣ ('soul, spirit'), one of the several components of the soul in ancient Egyptian belief, often depicted as a human-headed bird.

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