ابه

See also: آبه, اته, آٹھ, and أته

Khalaj

Noun

اَبه (əbə) (definite accusative اَبه‌ݧ, plural اَبه‌لَر)

1. Arabic spelling of əbə (“mother, grandmother”)

Declension

Declension of ابه

	singular	plural
nominative	ابه	ابه‌لَر
genitive	ابه‌ݧ	ابه‌لَریݧ
dative	ابه‌که	ابه‌لَرکه
definite accusative	ابه‌ݧ	ابه‌لَری
locative	ابه‌چه	ابه‌لَرچه
ablative	ابه‌ده	ابه‌لَرده
instrumental	ابه‌له	ابه‌لَرله
equative	ابه‌وارا	ابه‌لَروارا

Malay

Alternative forms

• اب (aba), به (bah)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abah/
• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

ابه (Rumi spelling abah, plural ابه-ابه or ابه۲, informal 1st possessive ابهکو, 2nd possessive ابهمو, 3rd possessive ابهڽ)

1. father (male parent)

   Synonyms: ايه (ayah), باڤ (bapa), راما (rama)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

According to Starostin, front row variants (e.g. Kazakh ебей (ebei), Dolgan and Yakut эбэ (ebe)) are recent and may have a Mongolic origin.

Noun

ابه • (ebe)

1. midwife

Related terms

• ابلا (abla)

Descendants

• Turkish: ebe

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ابه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 47
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ابه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 45