Baba
See also: Appendix:Variations of "baba"
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Baba (plural Babas)
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German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a Slavic language. Compare Polish baba (“grandmother”), Russian баба (baba, “grandma”).
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Noun edit
Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas)
- (regional) grandma
- Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter
Declension edit
Declension of Baba [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Baba” in Duden online
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
Baba (indeclinable, predicative only)
- Alternative spelling of baba (“boss, rad, fly”)
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bā̀ba m or f
- a unisex given name
Jamamadí edit
Proper noun edit
Baba
- (Banawá) a unisex given name
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
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Baba
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1618. Contraction of Barbara.
Proper noun edit
Baba f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- Common in Latvia in the 17th and 18th century, but unused today.
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Malay edit
Etymology edit
Possibly ultimately derived from Classical Persian بابا (bâbâ) or Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka, “father”). Compare Hindi बाबा (bābā), Urdu بابا (bābā), Bengali বাবা (baba). See Baba (honorific).
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Baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural Baba-Baba, informal 1st possessive Babaku, 2nd possessive Babamu, 3rd possessive Babanya)
- A male Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese)
- A male descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya)
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Further reading edit
- Baba Nyonya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Baba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “باب baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 72-73
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 59
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From baba, definite form of babă.
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Proper noun edit
Baba f