বাবা

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ba/

Noun

বাবা • (baba)

  1. father, daddy, papa

Descendants

  • Naga Pidgin: baba

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka, “father”), perhaps with influence from the unrelated Classical Persian بابا (bābā). Doublet of বাবু (babu, “child, gentleman”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baba/, [ˈbabaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baba/, [ˈbabaˑ]
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Noun

বাবা • (baba)

  1. father, daddy, papa
    Synonyms: ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled), বাপ (bap), আব্বা (abba), আব্বু (abbu), পিতা (pita)
  2. (endearing) son, child

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520
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