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This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, imitating baby-talk. Compare *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa).
Noun
*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba)[1]
- father
Derived terms
- *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka)
- Bengali: বাবা (baba)
- Hindustani: bābā
- Hindi: बाबा
- Urdu: بابا
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਬਾ (bābā)
- Shahmukhi script: بابا (bābā)
- Sindhi: bābo
- Arabic script: بابو (bābo)
- Devanagari script: बाबो
- *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀼𑀓 (*bābbuka)
- Bengali: বাবু (babu)
- Gujarati: બાબૂ (bābū)
- Hindustani: bābū
- Hindi: बाबू
- Urdu: بابُو
- Marathi: बाबू (bābū)
- Nepali: बाबु (bābu)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਬੂ (bābū)
- Shahmukhi script: بابو (bābo)
References