US /bɑ/ UK /bɑː/
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noun

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.

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1 noun · in ancient egyptian belief,... soulspirit
Word family
Related forms ka

Etymology

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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