Baba

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German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From a Slavic language. Compare Polish baba (grandmother), Russian баба (baba, grandma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːba]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas)

  1. (regional) grandma
    Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter
Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Baba” in Duden online

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Baba (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. Alternative spelling of baba (boss, rad, fly)

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bàː.bá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.bə́]

Proper noun[edit]

Bā̀ba m or f

  1. a unisex given name

Jamamadí[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Baba

  1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

Baba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばば

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1618. Contraction of Barbara.

Proper noun[edit]

Baba f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes[edit]

  • Common in Latvia in the 17th and 18th century, but unused today.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Baba did not occur as only given name of anyone in Latvia on May 21, 2010.

Malay[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From baba, definite form of babă.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Baba f

  1. A village in Horea, Alba, Romania
  2. A village in Coroieni, Maramureș, Romania