بابا

See also: بابوand پاپا

ArabicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin pāpa.

NounEdit

بَابَا (bābām (plural بَابَوَات(bābawāt) or بَابَاوَات(bābāwāt))

  1. (Christianity) pope, patriarch
Usage notesEdit
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Etymology 2Edit

From baby talk.

NounEdit

بَابَا (bābām

  1. (childish) papa, daddy, father
DeclensionEdit

Hijazi ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From baby talk.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /baː.ba/, [bɑː.bɑ]

NounEdit

بابا (bābam (plural بَابَوَات(bābāwāt) or بَابَهات(bābāhāt))

  1. papa, daddy, father
    Synonyms: أبو(abu), والد(wālid)

Usage notesEdit

The mentioned plurals are rarely used, while the most common plural is أَبَّهات(abbahāt) which stems from the Classical Arabic word أَبْ(ʔab).

KhalajEdit

NounEdit

بابا (bâbâ) (definite accusative بابانؽ‎, plural بابالار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of bâbâ (father)

DeclensionEdit

Ottoman TurkishEdit

NounEdit

بابا (baba)

  1. papa, daddy, father
    Synonyms: پدر(peder), والد(vâlid)

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Turkish: baba
    • German: baba
  • Albanian: baba
  • Armenian: (Constantinople) պապա (papa), (Van) բաբա (baba)

PashtoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

بابا (bâbâm

  1. (informal) dad, daddy
  2. grandfather

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

PersianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Persian pāpa, linguistically related to the common European word papa and the word pope, having the same Indo-European origin.

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

Dari بابا
Iranian Persian
Tajik бобо (bobo)

بابا (bâbâ)

  1. (colloquial) dad, daddy, father
    Synonyms: پاپا(pâpâ), پدر(pedar, father)
  2. (colloquial) grandpa, grandfather
    Synonyms: بابابزرگ(bâbâ-bozorg), پدربزرگ(pedar-bozorg, grandfather)
  3. (colloquial) fellow

Derived termsEdit

South Levantine ArabicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From baby talk.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bˤaː.bˤa/, [ˈbɑˤː.bˤɑ]
  • (file)

NounEdit

بابا (ḅāḅam

  1. dad, papa
  2. an affectionate form of address used by a father to his child

See alsoEdit

  • أب(ʔabb, father)
  • ماما(ṃāṃa, mom)

UrduEdit

NounEdit

بابا (bābām (Hindi spelling बाबा)

  1. papa, daddy, father

UshojoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Pashto بابا(bābā).

NounEdit

بابا (bābā)

  1. elder, grandfather