Baba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baba"

German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːba]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Baba f (genitive Baba, plural Babas)

  1. (regional) grandma
    Synonyms: Oma, Großmutter
Declension
Declension of Baba [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Baba die Babas
genitive einer der Baba der Babas
dative einer der Baba den Babas
accusative eine die Baba die Babas

Further reading
  • “Baba” in Duden online

Adjective

Baba (indeclinable, predicative only)

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

Hausa

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

Proper noun

Bā̀ba m or f

  1. a unisex given name

Jamamadí

Proper noun

Baba

  1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

References

Japanese

Romanization

Baba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばば

Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Baba f

  1. a female given name

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

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

Malay

Romanian

Etymology

From baba, definite form of babă.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Baba f

  1. A village in Horea, Alba, Romania
  2. A village in Coroieni, Maramureș, Romania
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.