ბაბა

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Laz[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

Noun[edit]

ბაბა (baba) (plural ბაბაფე, Latin spelling baba)

  1. father
    ალთუნეფეჩქიმი ბაბაში კასაზ გემიძინ
    altunepeçkimi babaşi ǩasaz gemiżin
    My golds are in my dad's safe
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba).

Noun[edit]

ბაბა (baba) (Latin spelling baba) (Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. leg of a chair
    Synonyms: პაჭა (p̌aç̌a), ფოლო (polo), კუჩხე (ǩuçxe)
    ორძოში ბაბა
    orżoşi baba
    Leg of the chair
References[edit]
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ბაბა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 128

Mingrelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑbɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ბა

Noun[edit]

ბაბა (baba)

  1. father

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაბა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 69

Svan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

Noun[edit]

ბაბა (baba)

  1. grandfather
  2. old man

References[edit]

  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ბაბა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 285