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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