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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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اَبه (əbə) (definite accusative اَبه‌ݧ, plural اَبه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əbə (mother, grandmother)

Declension

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Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ابه (Rumi spelling abah, plural ابه-ابه or ابه۲, informal 1st possessive ابهکو, 2nd possessive ابهمو, 3rd possessive ابهڽ)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: ايه (ayah), باڤ (bapa), راما (rama)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt).[1]

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

Noun

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ابه (ebe)

  1. midwife
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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, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill