bâba

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بابا

Alternative forms

• bôva (father)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بابا (bâbâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːba/

dialectal pronunciations

• (father)
  • (Bon Chinar, Chahak, Mazraeh-ye Now, Mohsenabad, Naderabad, Shah Qoli) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɑ]
  • (Borzabad) IPA^(key): [bɑbɑ], [bɒbɒ]
  • (Chahak, Dermanak, Khvorakabad) IPA^(key): [bɒːbɑ]
  • (Feyzabad, Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [baːba]
  • (Hasanabad, Kharrab, Sarband, Vasheqan) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɒ]
  • (Hezarabad) IPA^(key): [bɑˑba]
  • (Jerik Aghaj, Kacha-ye Chahardeh, Safarabad) IPA^(key): [bɑːbɑ]
  • (Khaltabad) IPA^(key): [bɔbɒ]
  • (Kharrab) IPA^(key): [bɒːbaː]
  • (Kharrab, Mehrzamin, Sadabad) IPA^(key): [bɒːba]
  • (Mansurabad) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɔ]
  • (Mujan, Musaabad) IPA^(key): [bɒˑbɑ]
  • (Nowdeh) IPA^(key): [bɑˑbɑ]
  • (Sarahrud) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːβɑ]
  • (Talkh Ab) IPA^(key): [bɑːba], [bɑba], [baba]
  • (Yengijeh) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbæ̞]
  • (Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːba]
• (grandfather)
  • (Esfid) IPA^(key): [bɑba]
  • (Mohsenabad) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɑ]
  • (Talkh Ab) IPA^(key): [bɒːbɑ], [bɒːbɒ], [bɒˑbɒˑ]
  • (Vasheqan) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɒ]

Noun

bâba (definite accusative bâbañ, plural bâbalar)

1. father

   Synonym: dədə

2. grandfather

   Synonyms: ağu bâba, bidük bâba, bidük dədə, bâbacân, tâta

Declension

Declension of bâba

	singular	plural
nominative	bâba	bâbalar
genitive	bâbañ	bâbalarııñ
dative	bâbaqa	bâbalarqa
definite accusative	bâbañ	bâbaları
locative	bâbaça	bâbalarça
ablative	bâbada	bâbalarda
instrumental	bâbala	bâbalarla
equative	bâbavâra	bâbalarvâra

Derived terms

• bidük bâba (“grandfather”)
• hər bâbası (“wife's father-in-law”)
• kişi bâbası (“husband's father-in-law”)
• qâdın bâba (“father-in-law”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN