بابو

See also: بابا

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baː.ˈbuː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.buː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.buː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.buː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.bu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.buː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.bu]

Readings
Classical reading?	bābū
Dari reading?	bābū
Iranian reading?	bâbu
Tajik reading?	bobu

Noun

بابو • (bâbu)

1. (colloquial) grandpa

   Synonyms: بابابزرگ (bâbâ-bozorg), پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg, “grandfather”)

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩- (*bābba-), imitative of baby talk.

Noun

بابو • (bābo) m (Devanagari बाबो)

1. father

   Synonyms: پِتا (pita), ابُ (abu), والِدُ (vālidu)

Ternate

Verb

بابو

1. Jawi spelling of babu‎‎

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bābbas, imitative of baby talk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.buː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

بابو • (bābū) m (Hindi spelling बाबू)

1. papa, father
2. clerk

   سرکاری بابو ― sarkārī bābū ― governmental clerk

3. (polite, to elders) sir, mister