baba

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. father
2. bollard
3. saint
4. (slang) crime boss
5. (slang) penis, dick
6. roundabout

Adj

top-notch, high-quality, very good

Sinònims

ata

peder

göbek

büyük baba

dede

babalık

babacığım

babalar

çatı merteği

aygırın babası

pederler

Amb guionet com

ba‧ba

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bɑˈbɑ/

Etimologia (anglès)

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,
Uyghur بابا (baba), بوۋا (bowa),
Turkmen baba,
Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.

Sents

Baba , ne oldu ?

Dad, what happened?

Baba , ne yapıyorsun?

Dad, what are you doing?

Ama söz vermiştin baba !

But you promised, Dad!