baban

== Cornish == === Pronunciation === (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈba.ban] === Noun === baban m (plural babanes) baby === Mutation === == Finnish == === Noun === baban genitive singular of baba == Galician == === Verb === baban third-person plural present indicative of babar == Middle English == === Noun === baban (Early Middle English) alternative form of babe (“baby”) ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: baban == Romanian == === Alternative forms === băban === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly from babă +‎ -an, as it originally referred to the age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈban/ === Adjective === baban m or n (feminine singular babană, masculine plural babani, feminine/neuter plural babane) large, plump barren (particularly for sheep in case of aging) ==== Declension ==== == Turkish == === Noun === baban second-person singular possessive of baba == Welsh == === Etymology === Middle English baban, babe, from Old English *baba === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbaban/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbaːban/, /ˈbaban/ === Noun === baban m (plural babanod) baby, babe, infant ==== Synonyms ==== babi, maban ==== Derived terms ==== babanaidd (“infantile”) babandod (“infancy”) cloch (y) baban (“snowdrop”) tegan y baban (“yellow rattle”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “baby”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “baban”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “baban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies