ba

ba · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Egyptian mythology) The soul or personality of an individual, believed to survive death and depicted as a human-headed bird.

  2. 2.

    (Abbreviation) Bachelor of Arts, an undergraduate academic degree.

Forms

plural: bas

Related words

See also: degree, ka, soul, spirit
Synonyms: soul, spirit

Etymology

From Ancient Egyptian ba, representing the personality or soul of a person. In the academic sense, abbreviation of Latin Baccalaureus Artium ("Bachelor of Arts").