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baba.

father

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/baˈba/

  1. father

  2. saint

  3. crime boss

    slang

  4. penis, dick

    slang

  5. roundabout

  6. ellipsis of iskele babası (“bollard, bitt”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بابا. First attested in 13th century. Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of onomatopoeia found commonly in many languages. (In that respect, compare also papa and mama as translingual phenomena for father and mother.) Cognate with Southern Altai баабый (baabïy, “small baby”), папа (papa), Kazakh баба (baba), Bashkir баба (baba), Uzbek bobo, buva, Uyghur بابا (baba), بوۋا (bowa), Turkmen baba, Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.

adj/baˈba/

  1. top-notch, high-quality, very good

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بابا. First attested in 13th century. Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of onomatopoeia found commonly in many languages. (In that respect, compare also papa and mama as translingual phenomena for father and mother.) Cognate with Southern Altai баабый (baabïy, “small baby”), папа (papa), Kazakh баба (baba), Bashkir баба (baba), Uzbek bobo, buva, Uyghur بابا (baba), بوۋا (bowa), Turkmen baba, Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.

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