babë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *baba. Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (old woman, mother), German Bube (boy, child, lad), Old Church Slavonic баба (baba, old woman), Italian babbo (father, dad).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbabə/, [ˈbäːbɜ], [ˈbäːb̚]

Noun

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babë m (plural baba, definite babët)

  1. dad, daddy
  2. (usually childish) grandpa
  3. (usually childish) father

Derived terms

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  • baba (the dad, the daddy; dads, daddies)
  • babai (the dad, the daddy)
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