babë

See also: babe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *baba. Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (“old woman, mother”), German Bube (“boy, child, lad”), Old Church Slavonic баба (baba, “old woman”), Italian babbo (“father, dad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabə/, [ˈbäːbɜ], [ˈbäːb̚]

Noun

babë m (plural baba, definite babët)

1. dad, daddy
2. (usually childish) grandpa
3. (usually childish) father

Derived terms

• baba (“the dad, the daddy; dads, daddies”)
• babai (“the dad, the daddy”)

Related terms

• atë (“father”)
• bebë