Baba

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English

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Etymology

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From Malay Baba or baba.

Noun

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Baba (plural Babas)

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

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Anagrams

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German

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːba]
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Noun

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Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas)

  1. (regional) grandma
    Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter
Declension
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Further reading

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  • Baba” in Duden online

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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Baba (indeclinable, predicative only)

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

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bàː.bá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.bə́]

Proper noun

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Bā̀ba m or f

  1. a unisex given name

Jamamadí

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Proper noun

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Baba

  1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

References

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Japanese

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Romanization

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Baba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばば

Latvian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Baba f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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

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

Malay

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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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

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

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From baba, definite form of babă.

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Proper noun

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Baba f

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