bacë

See also: bace

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • baç (South Gheg - Elbasan)
  • bac

Etymology

Svane suggests a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian baca, a children's pronunciation of braca (“older brother”). Meyer and Çabej link it to baç (“head shepherd”) (compare baci).[1] Another possible source is Turkish bacı (“sister”).[2] Orel considers it an inherited word from Proto-Albanian *batja, related to Proto-Slavic *baťa (see Serbo-Croatian baća (“father, brother, ancestor”) and Proto-Slavic *batę (“older brother, daddy”); he argues that the Albanian word was borrowed into Romanian and Megleno-Romanian baci, whence it was borrowed into Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [baːt͡sə]

Noun

bacë m (plural baca, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

  1. honorific or endearing word for (male) family members; such as older brother, uncle, cousin or another respected, older male
  2. honorific or endearing for father (regional)
  3. honorific or endearing for an unrelated/foreign older male (cf. english "aunty/uncle")

See also

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012) “bacë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 96
  2. Topalli, K. (2017) “bacë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 153
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bacë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
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