Baba

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "baba"

English

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Etymology

From Malay Baba or baba.

Noun

Baba (plural Babas)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A male Peranakan.

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German

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language. Compare Polish baba (“grandmother”), Russian баба (baba, “grandma”).

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Noun

Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas)

  1. (regional) grandma
    Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter
Declension
Declension of Baba
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Baba die Babas
genitive einer der Baba der Babas
dative einer der Baba den Babas
accusative eine die Baba die Babas

Further reading

  • “Baba” in Duden online

Etymology 2

Adjective

Baba (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. Alternative spelling of baba (“boss, rad, fly”)

Hausa

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bā̀ba m or f

  1. a unisex given name

Jamamadí

Proper noun

Baba

  1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

References

Japanese

Romanization

Baba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばば

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1618. Contraction of Barbara.

Proper noun

Baba f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

  • Common in Latvia in the 17th and 18th century, but unused today.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Baba did not occur as only given name of anyone in Latvia on May 21, 2010.

Malay

Etymology

Possibly ultimately derived from Classical Persian بابا (bâbâ) or Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka, “father”). Compare Hindi बाबा (bābā), Urdu بابا (bābā), Bengali বাবা (baba). See Baba (honorific).

Pronunciation

Noun

Baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural Baba-Baba, informal 1st possessive Babaku, 2nd possessive Babamu, 3rd possessive Babanya)

  1. A male Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese)
  2. A male descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya)

Descendants

  • → English: Baba
  • → Hokkien: 峇峇 (bâ-bâ / bā-bā)
    • → Cantonese: 峇峇 (baa1 baa1)
    • → Mandarin: 峇峇 (bābā)

See also

Further reading

  • Baba Nyonya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “Baba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باب baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 72-73
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 59

Romanian

Etymology

From baba, definite form of babă.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Baba f

  1. A village in Horea, Alba, Romania
  2. A village in Coroieni, Maramureș, Romania
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