ბაბა

Laz

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

Noun

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
  • ება (eba) — Atina

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba).

Noun

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
  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

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

Noun

ბაბა • (baba)

  1. father

Derived terms
  • ბაბა-გე (baba-ge)
  • ბაბა-კოჩი (baba-ḳoči)

References
  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *baba.

Noun

ბაბა • (baba)

  1. grandfather
  2. old man

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