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ابه

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See also: آبه, اته, آٹھ, and أته

Khalaj

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Noun

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ابه (definite accusative ابه‌ݧ, plural ابه‌لر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əbə (“mother, grandmother”)

Declension

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Malay

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Noun

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ابه (plural ابه-ابه or ابه٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of abah.‎

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ēpe (“grandmother, mother”).[1]

According to Starostin, front row variants (e.g. Kazakh ебей (ebey), Dolgan and Yakut эбэ (ebe)) are recent and may have a Mongolic origin.[2]

Noun

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ابه • (ebe)

  1. midwife

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: ebe

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden; Cologne; New York: E.J. Brill