baba

Εννοια

Noun

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

Adj

top-notch, high-quality, very good

Με παύλα ως

ba‧ba

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/bɑˈbɑ/

Ετυμολογία

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.

Προτάσεις

Bir baba dokuz oğlu besler , dokuz oğul bir babayı beslemez .

Ένας πατέρας τρέφει εννέα γιους, εννέα γιους δεν τροφοδοτούν έναν πατέρα.