βαβαί
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduplication of βαί (baí).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.bǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈbɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈβɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈve/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈve/
Interjection
βᾰβαί • (băbaí)
Derived terms
- βᾰβαιᾰ́ξ (băbaiắx)
Further reading
- “βαβαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βᾰβαί βᾰβαῖ βᾰβαΐ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- βαβαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette