ܒܒܐ

Related to Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, also found in Classical Syriac ܒܵܒܵܐ (bābā); compare Arabic بَابَا (bābā), Hebrew אַבָּא (ába). Doublet of ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ (aḇā)

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ܒܵܒܵܐ • (bābā) m (plural ܒܵܒܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bābāwātē) or ܒܵܒܹ̈ܐ (bābē), feminine ܝܸܡܵܐ (yimmā))

1. father (male parent who begets a child)
2. dad, daddy, papa
3. forefather, ancestor
4. benign tumor

In some dialects, the plural ܒܵܒ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bābawwāṯā) is reserved for the sense of forefathers, while the plural ܒܵܒܹ̈ܐ (bābē) is used for the sense of fathers.

• ܒܵܒܘܿ (bābō) (diminutive)
• ܒܵܒܘܿܢܵܐ (bābōnā)
• ܒܵܒܵܝܵܐ (bābāyā, “fatherly, paternal”)
• ܒܵܒܘܼܬܵܐ (bābūtā, “fatherhood, paternity”)
• ܦܪܝܼܛ ܒܵܒܵܐ (prīṭ bābā, “bastard”)

• “ܒܵܒܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)

Compare Arabic بَابَا (bābā).

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ܒܒܐ • (bābā) m (plural ܒܒܐ)

1. papa, daddy, dad, father

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ܒܒܐ • (bāḇā) f (plural ܒܒܬܐ (bāḇāṯā))

1. Alternative form of ܒܒܬܐ

• “bbˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 24a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 42a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 115b

From baby talk.

ܒܰܒܐ • (babo) m

1. father