বাবা
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Assamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
বাবা • (baba)
Descendants[edit]
- Naga Pidgin: baba
Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka, “father”), perhaps with influence from the unrelated Classical Persian بابا (bābā). Doublet of বাবু (babu, “child, gentleman”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
বাবা • (baba)
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520
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- bn:Male family members