baba
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dada) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members:
- father: Megrelian, Albanian, Arabic, Western Armenian, Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Greek, Marathi, Nepali, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Yoruba, Shona, Zulu
- grandmother: many Slavic languages (such as Bulgarian, Russian, Czech and Polish), Romanian, Yiddish, Japanese
- grandfather: Azerbaijani, Zulu (father, grandfather)
- baby: Afrikaans, Sinhala, Hungarian
These terms often continue to be used by English speakers whose families came from one of these cultures. In some cases, they may become more widely used in localities that have been heavily influenced by an immigrant community. Some senses were extensions of one of these family terms in the original languages ("old woman" from "grandmother", "holy man" from "father"). The "cake" sense comes through French, from Polish baba (“old woman”). The Middle Eastern word baba (as in Ali Baba) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from Persian بابا (bābā, “father”) (from Old Persian pāpa; as opposed to the Arabic words أَبُو (ʾabū) and أَب (ʾab); see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word papa and the word pope, having the same Indo-European origin. The Chinese word "baba", meaning father comes from 爸爸.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (variously) /ˈbɑːbɑː/, /ˈbɑːbə/, /ˈbæbə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːbɑː, -ɑːbə, -æbə
NounEdit
baba (plural babas)
- A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- (especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
- 1993, Karen Dubinsky, Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929, University of Chicago Press
- My baba, Ksenia Dubinsky, tells me that my education makes her proud.
- 2001, Brattleboro Remembers, edited by the Brattleboro [Vermont] Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing
- I walked first for my grandmother, and my mother was sorry she had missed my first steps. My Baba was so proud, my mother later told me.
- 2004, A Woman's Europe: True Stories, edited by MaryBeth Bond
- As we made eye contact, I slowly began to wonder if she was Baba. I did not know my grandmother though I'd spoken with her several times on the telephone;
- 1993, Karen Dubinsky, Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929, University of Chicago Press
- An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
- 1914, Russell Sage Foundation, Wage-earning Pittsburgh:
- Only two women, typical "babas" (peasant women) in the house from which I got my quilt and bedcloth, could be coaxed to pose;
- 1986, Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Paris-Napoli Express:
- Laura hadn't known that anyone's mother could look like that, like the babas you sometimes saw downtown, bandaged in kerchiefs and aprons, sitting toothless in stockinged feet on small verandahs, peeling potatoes or beets or just shaking their heads and grimacing.
- 2003, Food Tourism Around The World: Development, Management and Markets, edited by Colin Michael Hall and Liz Sharples
- According to some, new volunteers are becoming more difficult to recruit and there are dark suggestions that 'money is being made on the backs of the babas', the dedicated, but ageing ladies who still spend countless hours of their time preparing foodstuffs for the occasion.
- (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
- 1849, Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Caxtons:
- The first time I signed my exercise I wrote "Pisistratus Caxton" in my best round-hand. "And dey call your baba a scholar!" said the Doctor, contemptuously.
- 1998, Mulan (movie)
- "The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter. I've missed you so." "I've missed you too, baba."
- 2002, Bend It Like Beckham (movie)
- Okay. Okay. Fine, baba. Let's just do it before something else goes wrong.
- 2003, House of Sand and Fog (movie)
- "Do not be disrespectful, son. Look at me." "Baba, were you a Savaki?"
- (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
- 1995, Hugh J.M. Johnston and Tara Singh Bains, The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh:
- While I was in Port Alberni, three babas came to Canada to raise money ...
- 2004, Andrew Robinson, Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker:
- But according to Ray, 'all the babas my uncle knew were genuine. None of them was exposed. They were fairly humble people, not show-offs like the Maharishi ...
- 2006, Suraiya Faroqhi, Subjects Of The Sultan: Culture And Daily Life In The Ottoman Empire:
- Most babas had little contact with written culture and are not therefore named in books and treatises.
- (British India) A baby, child.
- 1876, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay:
- That is to say, if I do not take care, I shall go on calling my darling 'Baba' till she is as old as her mamma, and has a dozen Babas of her own.
- 1904, Rudyard Kipling, Traffics and Discoveries:
- For my child is dead—my baba is dead!
- In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
- 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
- Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.
- 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
baba (plural babas)
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
baba (present baba, present participle babaende, past participle gebaba)
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Definite form of babë (“dad, daddy, father”). From Proto-Albanian *baba, from Proto-Indo-European *baba (“barbaric speech”). See babë (“dad, daddy, father”) for more.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba m (definite singular baba, definite plural babët, baballarët)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Atong (India)Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba (Bengali script বাবা)
SynonymsEdit
(father):
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | баба | |
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Perso-Arabic | بابا |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba (definite accusative babanı, plural babalar)
- grandfather
- Coordinate term: nənə
DeclensionEdit
Declension of baba | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | baba |
babalar | ||||||
definite accusative | babanı |
babaları | ||||||
dative | babaya |
babalara | ||||||
locative | babada |
babalarda | ||||||
ablative | babadan |
babalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | babanın |
babaların |
BasqueEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Basque, ultimately from Latin faba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba inan
- broad bean
- bean, green bean
- Synonym: babarrun
- blister
DeclensionEdit
Declension of baba (inanimate, ending in -a) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | baba | baba | babak |
ergative | babak | babak | babek |
dative | babari | babari | babei |
genitive | babaren | babaren | baben |
comitative | babarekin | babarekin | babekin |
causative | babarengatik | babarengatik | babengatik |
benefactive | babarentzat | babarentzat | babentzat |
instrumental | babaz | babaz | babez |
inessive | babatan | baban | babetan |
locative | babatako | babako | babetako |
allative | babatara | babara | babetara |
terminative | babataraino | babaraino | babetaraino |
directive | babatarantz | babarantz | babetarantz |
destinative | babatarako | babarako | babetarako |
ablative | babatatik | babatik | babetatik |
partitive | babarik | — | — |
prolative | babatzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- "baba" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “baba” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Bikol CentralEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
Pronunciation 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
babâ
- downstairs
- Antonym: taas
NounEdit
babâ
- shortness, lowness (based on height)
- Antonym: langkaw
- (dialectal) bottom; below
- Antonym: babaw
- descent
- Synonym: palos
- disembarkment
- Synonym: lusad
- act of going downstairs
- Synonym: hilig
- decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement
- Synonym: ina
Derived termsEdit
Pronunciation 2Edit
NounEdit
babà
Etymology 2Edit
From padaba (“loved one, term of endearment”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
babà
CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bâbâ
VerbEdit
bâbâ
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Compare abaga.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
babá
- to piggyback; to carry someone on the back
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:baba.
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
baba
DeclensionEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- baba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- baba in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
DagbaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unknown.
NounEdit
baba (plural babanima)
- Title of the second chief butcher
NounEdit
baba
NounEdit
baba
EweEdit
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
FanagaloEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Zulu ubaba, from Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
NounEdit
baba
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Polish baba, probably via French.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of baba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | baba | babat | |
genitive | baban | babojen | |
partitive | babaa | baboja | |
illative | babaan | baboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | baba | babat | |
accusative | nom. | baba | babat |
gen. | baban | ||
genitive | baban | babojen babainrare | |
partitive | babaa | baboja | |
inessive | babassa | baboissa | |
elative | babasta | baboista | |
illative | babaan | baboihin | |
adessive | baballa | baboilla | |
ablative | babalta | baboilta | |
allative | baballe | baboille | |
essive | babana | baboina | |
translative | babaksi | baboiksi | |
instructive | — | baboin | |
abessive | babatta | baboitta | |
comitative | — | baboineen |
Possessive forms of baba (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | babani | babamme |
2nd person | babasi | babanne |
3rd person | babansa |
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Polish baba, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV.
NounEdit
baba m (plural babas)
- baba (type of cake)
- baba au rhum ― rum baba
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
baba (plural babas)
- (colloquial) flabbergasted
- 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
- C'était un Argentin qui mesurait au moins deux mètres, il souriait tout les temps. J'étais baba devant ses tatouages.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Further readingEdit
- “baba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Attested since the 18th century. From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba, ultimately imitative of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f (plural babas)
- drool
- Synonym: baballa
- slime (mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals)
- Synonym: baballa
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “baba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “baba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “baba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
GaroEdit
EtymologyEdit
Likely from Bengali বাবা (baba)
NounEdit
baba
SynonymsEdit
GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
A link of the term with the English bye-bye is possible but not certain.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aː
InterjectionEdit
baba
Usage notesEdit
- In Austria, especially East Austria, baba is the most commonly used informal term for saying "goodbye".
Further readingEdit
- “baba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “baba (Abschiedsgruß)” in Duden online
- “baba (schmutzig, eklig)” in Duden online
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
baba (indeclinable, predicative only)
- (slang) boss, rad, fly
- Diese Jacke sieht richtig baba aus.
- This jacket looks bare nang.
- Ich finde den Schnitt baba.
- I deem the fit thrilling.
- Synonyms: Bombe, geisteskrank
HausaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
A widespread areal word.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bā̀ba m (possessed form bā̀ban)
- father
- Used as a term of address for a man of appropriate age to be one's father, or who shares one's father's name.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bā̀bā m (plural bā̀bànni, possessed form bā̀ban)
Etymology 3Edit
Probably an early borrowing from Kanuri báwà (“paternal aunt”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bābà f (possessed form bābàr̃)
ReferencesEdit
- Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Etymology 4Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bābā m (possessed form bāban)
- indigo (the plant, or the dye from it)
HigaononEdit
NounEdit
baba
HiligaynonEdit
NounEdit
bába or bâbâ
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
An onomatopoeia.[1] It may be a doublet of báb.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba (plural babák)
- doll (toy in the form of a human)
- baby, infant (very young human child, particularly from birth until walking is mastered)
- (in the possessive, folk songs) baby, darling (term of endearment for a girlfriend, or less often, a boyfriend)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | baba | babák |
accusative | babát | babákat |
dative | babának | babáknak |
instrumental | babával | babákkal |
causal-final | babáért | babákért |
translative | babává | babákká |
terminative | babáig | babákig |
essive-formal | babaként | babákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | babában | babákban |
superessive | babán | babákon |
adessive | babánál | babáknál |
illative | babába | babákba |
sublative | babára | babákra |
allative | babához | babákhoz |
elative | babából | babákból |
delative | babáról | babákról |
ablative | babától | babáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
babáé | babáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
babáéi | babákéi |
Possessive forms of baba | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | babám | babáim |
2nd person sing. | babád | babáid |
3rd person sing. | babája | babái |
1st person plural | babánk | babáink |
2nd person plural | babátok | babáitok |
3rd person plural | babájuk | babáik |
Derived termsEdit
- játék baba
AdjectiveEdit
baba (comparative babább, superlative legbabább)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | baba | babák |
accusative | babát | babákat |
dative | babának | babáknak |
instrumental | babával | babákkal |
causal-final | babáért | babákért |
translative | babává | babákká |
terminative | babáig | babákig |
essive-formal | babaként | babákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | babában | babákban |
superessive | babán | babákon |
adessive | babánál | babáknál |
illative | babába | babákba |
sublative | babára | babákra |
allative | babához | babákhoz |
elative | babából | babákból |
delative | babáról | babákról |
ablative | babától | babáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
babáé | babáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
babáéi | babákéi |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ baba in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further readingEdit
- baba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- baba in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
IlocanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
baba
- below
- Adda idiay baba
- It's down there.
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
baba
KabyleEdit
NounEdit
baba m
KikuyuEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- The first a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Ndia) The same underlying pattern as that of rũhĩ and mothiũ.[3]
- (Nyeri) The same underlying pattern as that of mothiũ and ruo.[3]
NounEdit
baba class 1
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “baba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 21. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
LatgalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from a Slavic languages language, from Proto-Slavic *baba. Doublet of buoba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f (diminutive babeņa)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (dialectal) vace
Coordinate termsEdit
- dzeds (“grandfather”)
ReferencesEdit
- A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f (diminutive babka)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “baba”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “baba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
LuoEdit
NounEdit
baba
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
Voiced bapa.
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /babə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /baba/
- Rhymes: -abə, -bə, -ə
NounEdit
baba (plural baba-baba, informal 1st possessive babaku, 2nd possessive babamu, 3rd possessive babanya)
- father (male parent)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
MansakaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.
AdverbEdit
baba
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.
NounEdit
baba
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, compare Malay bawa.
VerbEdit
baba
- to carry
MarshalleseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ pˠɑ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰpˠæɰ/
- Bender phonemes: {bahbah}
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
MatalEdit
NounEdit
baba
- father
- La katskats tasàk à kəslah iyaw aŋatà à ahəŋ la baba aŋatà gà, tanəfà Yesu. (Mata 4:22)
- And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Jesus. (Matthew 4:22)
MwaniEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
NounEdit
baba class 1a (plural wababa)
Naga PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Assamese বাবা (baba, “father”), Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba).
NounEdit
baba (plural babakhan)
Synonym: bap
NgarlumaEdit
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
Old PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language. First attested in 1393.
NounEdit
baba f
- grandma (parent's mother)
- Synonym: babina
- grandma (any old woman)
- woman
- fortune teller
- midwife
- pear (Pyrus communis)
- (in the plural, astronomy) Pleiades
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Polish: baba
ReferencesEdit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “baba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
PhuthiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
VerbEdit
-baba
- to taste bitter
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old Polish baba, from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language. First attested in 1393.[1]
NounEdit
baba f (diminutive babka or babcia, augmentative babsko or babisko)
- (colloquial, somewhat derogatory) woman, crone, hag
- (colloquial) wife, girlfriend
- village woman (woman from the village)
- Synonyms: chłopka, wieśniaczka
- (childish) grandmother
- village seller (woman who sells things from the village)
- (derogatory) pansy, big girl's blouse (male of weak or cowardly character)
- babka (type of cake)
- Synonym: babka
- (engineering) hydraulic hammer of a pile driver
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- baba-chłop
- Baba Jaga
- babcia
- babeczka
- babiarz
- babie lato
- babimór
- babina
- babiniec
- babinka
- babizna
- babka
- babka
- babka bycza
- babka lancetowata
- babka piaskowa
- babka z piasku
- babkowate
- babochłop
- baboholik
- babol
- babon
- babskość
- babstwo
- babsztyl
- babula
- babuleńka
- babulina
- babulinka
- babulka
- babunia
- babus
- babusia
- babuśka
- chłopobaba
- cioteczna babka
- ciuciubabka
- herod-baba
- pies na baby
- rżana baba
- stryjeczna babka
- ślepa babka
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
baba m pers
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “baba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- baba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- baba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “baba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
- Paweł Kupiszewski (18.07.2022), “BABA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 77
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “baba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba, ultimately imitative of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -abɐ
- Hyphenation: ba‧ba
NounEdit
baba f (plural babas)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
baba
- inflection of babar:
RatagnonEdit
NounEdit
baba
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
SalarEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Azerbaijani baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “baba”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, page 126
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “baba”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 30
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bȁba f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ба)
- (regional) grandmother
- granny, grandma
- (usually derogatory) old woman, hag
- (derogatory) female person
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “baba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
ShonaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
NounEdit
babá class 1a (plural vababá class 2)
- father
- (Christianity) father (priest)
- Synonym: fata
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f (genitive singular baby, nominative plural baby, genitive plural báb, declension pattern of žena)
- (colloquial) old woman
- (colloquial) girl
- (dated) midwife
- (dated) doll
- (dated) puppet
- (dated) hash brown zemiaková baba, now zemiaková placka
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- baba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f
InflectionEdit
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | bába | ||
gen. sing. | bábe | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | bába | bábi | bábe |
accusative | bábo | bábi | bábe |
genitive | bábe | báb | báb |
dative | bábi | bábama | bábam |
locative | bábi | bábah | bábah |
instrumental | bábo | bábama | bábami |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “baba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Southern NdebeleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
VerbEdit
-bába
- to be bitter
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”), ultimately imitative of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba f (plural babas)
- drool, dribble
- La chacha lavaba, y mientras lavaba, la baba se le caía.
- The maid washed, and as she washed, she drooled.
- slime
- (Venezuela) baby alligator, caiman or crocodile
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “baba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
baba (n class, plural baba)
- father (male parent)
- baba mkwe ― father-in-law
- baba wa kambo ― step father
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
SwaziEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
VerbEdit
-bába
- (intransitive) to taste bitter
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
TagalogEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
Pronunciation 1Edit
NounEdit
babà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
Derived termsEdit
Pronunciation 2Edit
NounEdit
babâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
- descent; going down
- getting off; alighting (from a vehicle or animal)
- downstairs; basement
- decrease; lowering (of quantity or measurement)
- fruit picking in season
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
TaínoEdit
NounEdit
baba
TarifitEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
baba m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰ)
Related termsEdit
TernateEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بابا, Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of onomatopoeia found commonly in many languages. First attested in 13th century.
Cognate with Kazakh баба (baba), Bashkir баба (baba), Uzbek bobo, Uyghur بابا (baba), بوۋا (bowa), Turkmen baba, Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba (definite accusative babayı, plural babalar)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | baba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | babayı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | baba | babalar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | babayı | babaları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | babaya | babalara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | babada | babalarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | babadan | babalardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | babanın | babaların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived termsEdit
- ağababa
- ana baba
- Arap Baba
- baba adam
- babaanne
- baba bucağı
- babacan
- baba evi
- baba hindi
- baba mirası
- baba nasihati
- baba ocağı
- Baba Oruç
- baba tatlısı
- baba yadigârı
- babayiğit
- baba yurdu
- ballıbaba
- büyük baba
- dedebaba
- devlet baba
- efendibaba
- Gani Baba
- Gül Baba
- Haçkalı Baba
- iskele babası
- kayın baba
- Mimi Baba
- Noel baba
- paşa baba
- Somuncu Baba
- Şam Baba
- üvey baba
- Âdem baba
AdjectiveEdit
baba
- (slang) top-notch, high-quality, very good
DescendantsEdit
- → German: baba
Further readingEdit
- baba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “baba”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 55a
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “baba”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1) (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 62a
- Püsküllüoğlu, Ali (2021), “baba”, in Türkçenin Argo Sözlüğü [Turkish Slang Dictionary] (in Turkish), 4th edition, Ankara: Arkadaş, →ISBN, page 35
Upper SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
NounEdit
baba f
Further readingEdit
- baba in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
VendaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
NounEdit
baba
West MakianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Together with the polite yaya (“mother”), likely borrowed from Ternate baba (“father”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
Usage notesEdit
The term baba is used for addressing one's father, whereas the term fao is used for referring to a father.
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bàbá
- father, dad
- A term of respect or endearment for an older man, male relative, or a higher ranking man.
- A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ (“blacksmith”)).
Usage notesEdit
While bàbá is generally synonymous with baba, bàbá is a more restricted definition.
Coordinate termsEdit
- ìyá (“mother”)
Derived termsEdit
- bàbá-àgbà (“grandfather”)
- bàbábàbá (“paternal grandfather”)
- bàbá-ìyá (“maternal grandfather”)
- Ikú bàbá-yèyé! (“A hailing of the Alaafin of Oyo”)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baba
- father
- Synonym: bàbá
- elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder
- Synonym: bàbá
- revered or senior leader or entity
- ògòǹgò, baba ẹyẹ ― The ostrich, the most revered of all the birds
- male ancestor
- Synonym: baba-ńlá
- A prefix for given names in the class orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá, given to children who are believed to be reincarnations of a male ancestor. (ex. Babájídé, Babátúndé).
Derived termsEdit
- baálé (“head of the household”)
- baálẹ̀
- babababa (“grandfather”)
- Baba-ìṣègùn (“chief healer of a town”)
- Baba-ìyajì (“A prince of the Oyo royal family”)
- Babájídé
- baba-kékeré (“uncle”)
- babaláwo (“Ifa priest”)
- baba-nígbẹ̀ẹ́jọ́ (“godfather”)
- baba-ńlá (“male ancestor”)
- Babánùmí
- Babárímisá
- Babátúndé
- Balógun
Etymology 3Edit
Chemical element | |
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Cu | |
Previous: níkùlù (Ni) | |
Next: síǹkì (Zn) |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bàbà
- copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29)
Derived termsEdit
- bàbàganran (“bronze”)
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bábà
- barber
- Synonyms: onígbàjámọ̀, agẹrun, gẹrun-gẹrun
Etymology 5Edit
Possibly from Etymology 3 (bàbà (“copper”)), in reference to the copper-like color of sorghum
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bàbà
- sorghum, millet, (in particular) Sorghum bicolor
- dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum
- Synonym: ẹpọ́n
Etymology 6Edit
Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense
PronunciationEdit
IdeophoneEdit
bàbà or bábá
Derived termsEdit
- rá bàbà (“to hover”)
AdjectiveEdit
bábá
- plentiful
- bábá owó ― Plentiful amount of money
Derived termsEdit
- ìbàábá (“secrecy, privacy”)
ZuluEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
VerbEdit
-bába
- (intransitive) to taste hot, spicy
- (intransitive) to taste bitter
InflectionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
baba
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ɓaɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓaɓa (3.9) v.”
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ɓaɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓaɓa (3-5.4) voc. interj.”