بابو

See also: بابا‎

Sindhi

Etymology

Infantile word like e.g. French papa.

Noun

بابو (bābu) m (Devanagari बाबो‎)

  1. father

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈba.bu]

Verb

بابو (Rumi babu)

  1. (intransitive) (of humans) to fall
    ‏إبابو تم کاه‎ ― ibabu toma kaha ― they fell on the ground
  2. (intransitive) to be overthrown

References
  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

بابو • (bābū) m (Hindi spelling बाबू)

  1. papa, father
  2. clerk
    ‏سرکاری بابو‎ ― sarkārī bābū ― governmental clerk
  3. (polite, to elders) sir, mister
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