Baba

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Malay Baba or baba. ==== Noun ==== Baba (plural Babas) (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A male Peranakan. ===== See also ===== Nyonya ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Baba Synonym of Set (“Egyptian god”). === Anagrams === AABB, Abba, ABBA, abba == German == === Etymology 1 === From a Slavic language. Compare Polish baba (“grandmother”), Russian баба (baba, “grandma”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈbaːba] ==== Noun ==== Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas) (regional) grandma Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Baba” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== Baba (indeclinable, predicative only) alternative spelling of baba (“boss, rad, fly”) == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bàː.bá/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.bə́] === Proper noun === Bā̀ba m or f a unisex given name == Jamamadí == === Proper noun === Baba (Banawá) a unisex given name === References === 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics. == Japanese == === Romanization === Baba Rōmaji transcription of ばば == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1618. Contraction of Barbara. === Proper noun === Baba f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Common in Latvia in the 17th and 18th century, but unused today. ==== Related terms ==== Baiba === References === 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 == === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈbaba/ [ˈba.ba] === Noun === Baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural Baba-Baba or Baba2) A male Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese) 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 ==== baba === Further reading === Baba Nyonya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia "Baba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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 == Old Polish == === Etymology === From baba. First attested in 1365. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /baba/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /baba/ Homophone: baba === Proper noun === Baba m animacy unattested a male surname === References === Witold Taszycki, editor (1965-1967), “Baba”, in Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych (in Polish), volume 1, Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, page 74 == Romanian == === Etymology === From baba, definite form of babă. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Baba f a village in Horea, Alba County, Romania a village in Coroieni, Maramureș County, Romania