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ബാപ്പ
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Malayalam
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Pronunciation
1.4
Noun
1.5
References
Malayalam
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Alternative forms
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വാപ്പ
(
vāppa
)
,
ബാപ്പച്ചി
(
bāppacci
)
,
വാപ്പച്ചി
(
vāppacci
)
Etymology
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Maybe from
Ashokan Prakrit
*𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧
(
*bāppa
)
but probably from
Arabic
بَابَا
(
bābā
)
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/baːppɐ/
Noun
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ബാപ്പ
•
(
bāppa
)
father
; mostly used by Muslims.
Synonym:
അപ്പൻ
(
appaṉ
)
References
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Warrier, M. I. (
2008
) “
ബാപ്പ
”, in
Malayalam-English Dictionary
(in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam:
DC Books
Categories
:
Malayalam terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit
Malayalam terms borrowed from Arabic
Malayalam terms derived from Arabic
Malayalam terms with IPA pronunciation
Malayalam lemmas
Malayalam nouns