बाबू

See also: बाबु and बाबा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩- (*bābba-), imitative of baby talk.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɑː.buː/, [bäː.buː]

Noun

बाबू • (bābū) m (Urdu spelling بابو)

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

Declension
Declension of बाबू (masc ū-stem)
singular plural
direct बाबू
bābū		 बाबू
bābū
oblique बाबू
bābū		 बाबुओं
bābuõ
vocative बाबू
bābū		 बाबुओ
bābuo

Descendants
  • → Jarawa: babu (“(govt.) official”)

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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