ابا

See also: أبا, آپا, اتا, آٹا, and ابّا

Baluchi

Noun

ابا • (abbá)

  1. father

See also

Early Old Oghuz

Etymology 1

Kashgarî recorded as mother, however descendants have the meaning of grandmother instead, just like Kashgarî recorded Early Old Oghuz دَدا (dede) as father, however descendants have the meaning of grandfather instead. According to the Mamluk-Kipchak source, it originally means grandmother but also refers to mothers for respect.[1]

Noun

اَبا (ebē)

  1. (Family) mother
    Antonym: دَدا (dede, “father”)
Descendants
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: ابه (“grandmother”)
    • Classical Azerbaijani:
    • Ottoman Turkish: ابه (“grandmother”)
      • Turkish: ebe (“midwife; (dialectal) grandmother”)
    • → Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (ebe)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

Clauson and Tekin suggest a native Turkic origin, reconstructable to Proto-Common Turkic *ōpa.[1] On the other hand, Räsänen, Eren and Nişanyan consider it a borrowing from Middle Mongol ᠣᠪᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (obug-a, “pile, mass; boundary”)[2] from ᠣᠪᠤᠶᠢᠬᠤ (obuyiqu, “to pile up”).[3][4][5]

Noun

اُبا (obā)

  1. (anthropology) clan, tribe
Descendants
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: اوبا
    • Azerbaijani: oba
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوبا
  • Turkmen: ōba

Further reading

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *apa (“ancestor”).Kashgari's attempt at tying it with Arabic أَب (ʔab) and Tibetan པ་ཕ (pa pha) are folk etymology based on similar phonology. The meaning "bear" is a result of taboo speech, compare Yakut эһэ (ehe) with similar semantic shift.

Noun

اَبا (apā)

  1. father
    Synonym: اَتا (atā)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Chuvash упа (up̬a).

Noun

اَبا (apā)

  1. (Kipchak) bear
    Synonym: اَذِغْ (aδïğ)

References

  1. ^ Tekin, Talât (1995) Mehmet Ölmez, editor, Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages]‎[1] (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 177
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  3. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “oba”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 303
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 356

Further reading

Punjabi

Pronunciation

  • (Majhi) IPA(key): /əbː.äː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اَبّا • (abbā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਬਾ)

  1. (Pakistan) father, dad
    ابّا کِتّھے ہَے؟
    Where is dad?

References

  • “ابا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَب (ʔab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əbː.ɑː/

Noun

اَبّا • (abbā) m (Hindi spelling अब्बा)

  1. father

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “ابا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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