baba

Anlam (English)

Noun

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

Adj

top-notch, high-quality, very good

Synonyms

ata

peder

göbek

büyük baba

dede

babalık

babacığım

babalar

çatı merteği

aygırın babası

pederler

Hyphenated as

ba‧ba

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/bɑˈbɑ/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Osmanlı Türkçesi: بابا

Cognate with Güney Altayca: баабый

Cognate with Kazakça: баба

Cognate with Başkırtça: баба

Cognate with Özbekçe: bobo

Cognate with Uygurca: بابا

Cognate with Türkmence: baba

Cognate with Azerbaycan dili: baba

In summary

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.

Cümleler

Baba , ne oldu ?

Dad, what happened?

Baba , ne yapıyorsun?

Dad, what are you doing?

Ama söz vermiştin baba !

But you promised, Dad!