بابا
Arabic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editبَابَا • (bābā) m (plural بَابَوَات (bābawāt) or بَابَاوَات (bābāwāt))
Usage notes
edit- The Bishop of Rome is often specified as بَابَا ٱلْفاتِيكان (bābā l-fātīkān, literally “Pope of the Vatican”) to distinguish him from the Coptic pope.
Declension
editDeclension of noun بَابَا (bābā)
Singular | singular invariable | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَابَا bābā |
الْبَابَا al-bābā |
بَابَا bābā |
Nominative | بَابَا bābā |
الْبَابَا al-bābā |
بَابَا bābā |
Accusative | بَابَا bābā |
الْبَابَا al-bābā |
بَابَا bābā |
Genitive | بَابَا bābā |
الْبَابَا al-bābā |
بَابَا bābā |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | بَابَاوَيْن bābāwayn |
الْبَابَاوَيْن al-bābāwayn |
بَابَاوَيْ bābāway |
Nominative | بَابَاوَانِ bābāwāni |
الْبَابَاوَانِ al-bābāwāni |
بَابَاوَا bābāwā |
Accusative | بَابَاوَيْنِ bābāwayni |
الْبَابَاوَيْنِ al-bābāwayni |
بَابَاوَيْ bābāway |
Genitive | بَابَاوَيْنِ bābāwayni |
الْبَابَاوَيْنِ al-bābāwayni |
بَابَاوَيْ bābāway |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَابَوَات; بَابَاوَات bābawāt; bābāwāt |
الْبَابَوَات; الْبَابَاوَات al-bābawāt; al-bābāwāt |
بَابَوَات; بَابَاوَات bābawāt; bābāwāt |
Nominative | بَابَوَاتٌ; بَابَاوَاتٌ bābawātun; bābāwātun |
الْبَابَوَاتُ; الْبَابَاوَاتُ al-bābawātu; al-bābāwātu |
بَابَوَاتُ; بَابَاوَاتُ bābawātu; bābāwātu |
Accusative | بَابَوَاتٍ; بَابَاوَاتٍ bābawātin; bābāwātin |
الْبَابَوَاتِ; الْبَابَاوَاتِ al-bābawāti; al-bābāwāti |
بَابَوَاتِ; بَابَاوَاتِ bābawāti; bābāwāti |
Genitive | بَابَوَاتٍ; بَابَاوَاتٍ bābawātin; bābāwātin |
الْبَابَوَاتِ; الْبَابَاوَاتِ al-bābawāti; al-bābāwāti |
بَابَوَاتِ; بَابَاوَاتِ bābawāti; bābāwāti |
Related terms
edit- بَابَوِيّ (bābawiyy)
- بَابَوِيَّة (bābawiyya)
Etymology 2
editFrom baby talk.
Noun
editبَابَا • (bābā) m
Declension
editHijazi Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom baby talk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editبابا • (bāba) m (plural بَابَوَات (bābāwāt) or بَابَهات (bābāhāt))
Usage notes
editThe mentioned plurals are rarely used, while the most common plural is أَبَّهات (abbahāt) which stems from the Classical Arabic word أَبْ (ʔab).
Khalaj
editNoun
editبابا (bâba) (definite accusative باباݧ, plural بابالار)
Declension
editOttoman Turkish
editNoun
editبابا • (baba)
Declension
editdeclension of بابا
singular (مفرد) | plural (جمع) | |
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nominative | بابا (baba) | بابالر (babalar) |
genitive | بابانڭ (babanıñ) | بابالرڭ (babalarıñ) |
dative | بابایه (babaya) | بابالره (babalara) |
definite accusative | بابایی (babayı) | بابالری (babaları) |
locative | باباده (babada) | بابالرده (babalarda) |
ablative | بابادن (babadan) | بابالردن (babalardan) |
Derived terms
edit- آق بابا (ak baba, “vulture”)
Related terms
edit- انا (ana, “mother”)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: baba
- → German: baba
- → Albanian: baba
- → Armenian: (Constantinople) պապա (papa), (Van) բաբա (baba)
- → Laz: ბაბა (baba)
References
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314
Pashto
editPronunciation
editNoun
editبابا • (bābā́) m
Declension
editdeclension of بابا
Synonyms
edit- (father): پلار
Persian
editEtymology
editOriginally from baby talk, see mama and papa.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bɑː.ˈβɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bɒː.bɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɔ.bɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bāḇā |
Dari reading? | bābā, bābāy |
Iranian reading? | bâbâ |
Tajik reading? | bobo |
Noun
editDari | بابا |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бобо |
بابا • (bâbâ)
- (colloquial) dad, daddy, father
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 1174:
- (colloquial) grandpa, grandfather
- (colloquial) fellow
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Khalaj: bâba
South Levantine Arabic
editAlternative forms
edit- يابا (yāba)
Etymology
editFrom baby talk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editبابا • (ḅāḅa) m
See also
editUrdu
editNoun
editUshojo
editEtymology
editNoun
editبابا (bābā)
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