bacë

See also: bace

Albanian

Alternative forms

• baç (Elbasan)
• bac

Etymology

Svane suggests a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian baca, a children's pronunciation of braca (“older brother”). Meyer and Çabej link it to baç (“head shepherd”) (compare baci). Another possible source is Turkish bacı (“sister”). Orel considers it an inherited word from Proto-Albanian *batja, related to Proto-Slavic *baťa ~ *batja (see Serbo-Croatian baća (“father, brother, ancestor”) and Proto-Slavic *batę (“older brother, daddy”); he argues that the Albanian word was borrowed into Romanian and Megleno-Romanian baci, whence it was borrowed into Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːt͡s]

Noun

bacë m

1. honorific or endearing word for father, older brother, uncle, or another respected, older male

See also

• vëlla, baba, xhaxha, baç