babë

See also: babe

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

babë m (plural baba, definite babët)

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

Derived terms
  • baba (“the dad, the daddy; dads, daddies”)
  • babai (“the dad, the daddy”)
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