বাবা
Assamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
বাবা • (baba)
Descendants edit
- Naga Pidgin: baba
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka, “father”), perhaps with influence from the unrelated Classical Persian بابا (bābā). Doublet of বাবু (babu, “child, gentleman”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
বাবা • (baba)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520