babacan

== Turkish == === Etymology === Compound of baba (“dad, father”) +‎ can (“life, the heart, sweetheart”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.baˈd͡ʒan/ Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧can === Adjective === babacan good-natured, pleasant, fatherly, reliable (man) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Armenian: Բաբաջանյան (Babaǰanyan) === Further reading === “babacan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “babacan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 412