baba

Etymology
As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, (like, , and ) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members: 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, from. The Middle Eastern word baba (as in ) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from (from ; as opposed to the Arabic words  and ; see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word  and the word, having the same Indo-European origin. The Chinese word "baba", meaning father comes from.
 * father: Albanian, Arabic, Western Armenian, Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Greek, Marathi, Mingrelian, 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

Noun

 * 1) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
 * 2)  A grandmother.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1) An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
 * 2)  A father.
 * 3) * 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."
 * 1) * 2002, Bend It Like Beckham (movie)
 * Okay. Okay. Fine, baba. Let's just do it before something else goes wrong.
 * 1) * 2003, House of Sand and Fog (movie)
 * "Do not be disrespectful, son. Look at me." "Baba, were you a Savaki?"
 * 1)  A holy man, a spiritual leader.
 * 2)  A baby, child.
 * 3) In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
 * 4) * 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
 * Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.
 * "Do not be disrespectful, son. Look at me." "Baba, were you a Savaki?"
 * 1)  A holy man, a spiritual leader.
 * 2)  A baby, child.
 * 3) In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
 * 4) * 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
 * Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.
 * 1) In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
 * 2) * 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
 * Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.
 * 1) * 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
 * Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.

Noun

 * 1) baby

Verb

 * 1) to treat with gentle care, to coddle

Etymology 1
From, whence 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dad, father

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) paternal uncle
 * 3) son

Noun

 * 1) grandfather

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) broad bean
 * 2) bean, green bean
 * 3) blister
 * 1) blister

Etymology 1
, from.

Adjective

 * 1) downstairs

Noun

 * 1) shortness, lowness
 * 2)  bottom; below
 * 3) descent
 * 4) disembarkment
 * 5) act of going downstairs
 * 6) decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement
 * 1) disembarkment
 * 2) act of going downstairs
 * 3) decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement
 * 1) decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement
 * 1) decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement

Noun

 * 1)  chin

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  loved one

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  mouth
 * 2) mouth of a river
 * 3) outlet; aperture; orifice
 * 4) talk; empty boasting, promises or claims

Verb

 * 1) to hit, be hit or injured in the mouth

Etymology 2
Compare.

Verb

 * 1) to piggyback; to carry someone on the back

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) dad

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) crone, hag
 * 2) coward, milksop
 * 3)  girl, chick
 * 1)  girl, chick

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  a featherless fowl

Noun

 * 1) Father

Noun

 * 1) termite, white ant

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
From, probably via.

Noun

 * 1) baba, babka type of cake

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of , king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV.

Noun

 * 1)  type of cake

Etymology 2
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Adjective

 * 1)  flabbergasted

Etymology 1
Attested since the 18th century. From the hypothesized, ultimately of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.

Noun

 * 1) drool
 * 2) slime mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals
 * 1) slime mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals

Etymology
Likely from.

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology 1
A link of the term with the 🇨🇬 is possible but not certain.

Interjection

 * 1)  bye-bye, see you, so long

Usage notes

 * Especially in East Austria, baba is the most commonly used informal term for saying "goodbye".

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  boss, rad, fly

Etymology 1
A widespread areal word.

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1) eunuch
 * 2) impotent man

Etymology 3
Probably an early borrowing from.

Noun

 * 1) paternal aunt

Noun

 * 1) indigo the plant, or the dye from it

Noun

 * 1) mouth

Noun

 * 1) mouth

Etymology
. It may be a.

Noun

 * 1) doll toy in the form of a human
 * 2) baby, infant very young human child, particularly from birth until walking is mastered
 * 3)  baby, darling term of endearment for a girlfriend, or less often, a boyfriend
 * 1)  baby, darling term of endearment for a girlfriend, or less often, a boyfriend

Adjective

 * 1)  swell, neat exceptionally good, pleasing or enjoyable

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) below

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1)  rat

Etymology 3
Cognate of 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to piggyback: to carry someone on the back

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  woman, wife

Pronunciation

 * The first a is pronounced long.
 * The first a is pronounced long.




 * The same underlying pattern as that of and.
 * The same underlying pattern as that of and.

Noun

 * 1) my father, dad

Etymology
Borrowed from a language, from. .

Noun

 * 1) grandmother

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) midwife
 * 2) old woman
 * 3) woman

Noun

 * 1) sponge cake

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology 1
Voiced.

Noun

 * 1) father male parent

Etymology 2
Possibly. See.

Noun

 * 1) A colonial -born European, Eurasian, or Chinese man

Etymology 1
From.

Adverb

 * 1) below

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) mouth

Etymology 3
From, compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to carry

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) daddy

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  woman
 * 2) grandmother
 * 3) female beggar
 * 4) person dressed up taking part in the ritual rounds of houses before Epiphany
 * 5) babka
 * 6)  last sheaf of harvested gain
 * 7)  thick, round part attached to a screw next to a stool of a spinning wheel
 * 8)  narrow barrel with a pole through it, used for winding a seine line while fishing
 * 9) batlet
 * 10) scarecrow

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * 1) father, dad

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) father, dad

Noun

 * 1) water
 * 2) rain, rainwater

Noun

 * 1) termite

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  grandma
 * 2)  grandma
 * 3)  woman
 * 4) midwife
 * 5) pear
 * 6)   Pleiades
 * 1)  woman
 * 2) midwife
 * 3) pear
 * 4)   Pleiades
 * 1) midwife
 * 2) pear
 * 3)   Pleiades
 * 1) pear
 * 2)   Pleiades
 * 1)   Pleiades

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to taste bitter

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1)  woman, crone, hag
 * 2)  wife, girlfriend
 * 3) village woman
 * 4)  grandmother
 * 5) village seller
 * 6)  pansy, big girl's blouse
 * 7) babka
 * 8)  ram
 * 9)  witch; spellcaster
 * 10)  female beggar
 * 11)  midwife
 * 12)  large sheaf of strangely decorated grain tied at the end of a harvest
 * 13)  thick, round part attached to a screw next to a stool of a spinning wheel
 * 14)  bunch of rags placed on a stick to block the lower outlet of a chimney above a fireplace
 * 15)  wooden block carved in the shape of a human head given to new rafters to kiss by rafters who are helping the new rafters with the rafting for the first time
 * 16)  narrow barrel with a pole through it, used for winding a seine line while fishing
 * 17)  starting peg
 * 18)  oak block with a handle used for tamping when laying stones, spreading gravel on road surfaces, etc.
 * 19)  leather pillow for applying paint in manual printing of canvases
 * 20)  female hireling; female worker
 * 21)  female pimp
 * 22)  snowwoman
 * 23)  bogie
 * 24)  bundle of hay used as a blockade for dangerous passages
 * 25)  rag on a stick or pole for sweeping
 * 26)  wooden mold for ironing clothes
 * 27)  boathook
 * 28)  knot on a mast twist that raftsmen can't undo
 * 29)  Eurasian jay
 * 30)  leather ball
 * 31)  pelican
 * 32)  any of various freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus
 * 33)  tuna
 * 34)  female mourner, griever
 * 35)  whipping block
 * 36)  cannon; gun
 * 37)  queen
 * 38)  quack; herbalist
 * 1)  leather ball
 * 2)  pelican
 * 3)  any of various freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus
 * 4)  tuna
 * 5)  female mourner, griever
 * 6)  whipping block
 * 7)  cannon; gun
 * 8)  queen
 * 9)  quack; herbalist
 * 1)  whipping block
 * 2)  cannon; gun
 * 3)  queen
 * 4)  quack; herbalist
 * 1)  queen
 * 2)  quack; herbalist
 * 1)  quack; herbalist
 * 1)  quack; herbalist

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  baba

Etymology 3
.

Noun

 * 1) stone figure used in cult or spiritual functions
 * 2)  jail; dungeon

Etymology 1
From the hypothesized, ultimately of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.

Noun

 * 1) drool, dribble
 * 2)  Cowper's fluid; pre-ejaculate

Noun

 * 1) mouth

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) grandfather

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  grandmother
 * 2) granny, grandma
 * 3)  old woman, hag
 * 4)  female person

Synonyms

 * báka,

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2)  father priest

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  woman; old woman
 * 2) wife; girlfriend
 * 3) midwife
 * 4) grandma
 * 5) female beggar
 * 6) female quack
 * 7) female herbalist
 * 8) female matchmaker
 * 9) pile driver
 * 10)  pansy, big girl's blouse
 * 11) babka
 * 12) scarecrow; female effigy
 * 13) large wooden hammer
 * 14) pipe running from an oven to a chimney
 * 15)  hammer for mining
 * 16) roof over the hearth of a furnace that discharges smoke into the chimney
 * 17) chimney with a bulging, spherical shape
 * 18)  small anvil for striking a scythe or a sickle
 * 19)  group of sheaves of grain next to each other covered in another sheaf
 * 1) pipe running from an oven to a chimney
 * 2)  hammer for mining
 * 3) roof over the hearth of a furnace that discharges smoke into the chimney
 * 4) chimney with a bulging, spherical shape
 * 5)  small anvil for striking a scythe or a sickle
 * 6)  group of sheaves of grain next to each other covered in another sheaf
 * 1)  group of sheaves of grain next to each other covered in another sheaf

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  old woman
 * 2)  girl
 * 3)  midwife
 * 4)  doll
 * 5)  puppet
 * 6)  hash brown zemiaková baba, now zemiaková placka

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) old woman, hag

Derived terms

 * bábica

Etymology
, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) old woman
 * 2)  woman, broad
 * 3) female animal

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be bitter

Etymology
From the hypothesized, ultimately of children's speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.

Noun

 * 1) drool, dribble
 * 2) slime
 * 3)  baby alligator, caiman or crocodile
 * 1)  baby alligator, caiman or crocodile

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father male parent

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to taste bitter

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  chin
 * 2) lowness; low height
 * 1) lowness; low height

Noun

 * 1) descent; going down
 * 2) getting off; alighting
 * 3) stepping down; abdication; resignation from office
 * 4) downstairs; basement
 * 5) decrease; lowering
 * 6) fruit picking in season
 * 1) decrease; lowering
 * 2) fruit picking in season
 * 1) fruit picking in season

Etymology 2
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) piggyback
 * 2) coitus of animals

Adjective

 * 1) carried piggyback

Noun

 * 1) loading a person into a boat

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
From. First attested in 13th century. Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of found commonly in many languages. (In that respect, compare also papa and mama as translingual phenomena for father and mother.)

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) bollard
 * 3)  saint
 * 4)  penis, dick
 * 5)  roundabout
 * 1)  roundabout

Adjective

 * 1)  top-notch, high-quality, very good

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) midwife
 * 2) bundt cake
 * 3) old woman

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
Together with the polite, likely borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) father

Usage notes
The term baba is used for addressing one's father, whereas the term is used for referring to a father.

Noun

 * 1) father, dad
 * 2) A term of respect or endearment for an older man, male relative, or a higher ranking man.
 * 3) A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ).
 * 1) A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ).

Usage notes
While bàbá is generally synonymous with baba, bàbá is a more restricted definition.

Coordinate terms

 * ìyá

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder
 * 3) revered or senior leader or entity
 * 4) male ancestor
 * 5) 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).
 * 1) male ancestor
 * 2) 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).
 * 1) 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).
 * 1) 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).

Noun

 * 1) copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29)

Derived terms

 * bàbàganran

Etymology 4
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) barber

Etymology 5
Possibly from Etymology 3, in reference to the copper-like color of sorghum

Noun

 * 1) sorghum, millet,
 * 2) dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum
 * 1) dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum

Etymology 6
Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense

Ideophone
or


 * 1)  to be quickly and rapidly hovering

Derived terms

 * rá bàbà

Adjective

 * 1) plentiful

Derived terms

 * ìbàábá

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to taste hot, spicy
 * 2)  to taste bitter