babë

      Albanian

      Etymology

      From Proto-Albanian *baba, from Proto-Indo-European *baba 'barbaric speech'. Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (missis, old woman, mother), German Bube (boy, child, lad), Old Church Slavic baba (old woman), Italian babbo (father,dad).

      Noun

      babë m

      1. father, daddy
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      Last modified on 17 February 2013, at 15:36