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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *baba. Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (“old woman, mother”), German Bube (“boy, child, lad”), Old Church Slavonic баба (baba, “old woman”), Italian babbo (“father, dad”).
Pronunciation
Noun
babë m (plural baba, definite babët)
- dad, daddy
- (usually childish) grandpa
- (usually childish) father
Derived terms
- baba (“the dad, the daddy; dads, daddies”)
- babai (“the dad, the daddy”)