babi

babi

1. dad, father

From Bab (“the Báb”) +‎ -i.

babi (definite accusative babini, plural babilər)

1. (Abrahamism) Bábí (follower if Bábism)

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “babi”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 194

From Malay babi.

babi

1. pig, hog (mammal of genus Sus)
2. pork

• Lee, Nala H. (2022), “babi”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 343

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Doublet of bawi.

babi (Balinese script ᬩᬩᬶ)

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

   Synonyms: (alus mider) bawi, (andap) céléng

• “babi”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabi/

babi

1. father

• Page 78 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.

babi

1. father

• Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

• bábi

Clipping of babička.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɪ]

babi f (indeclinable)

1. (childish) diminutive of babička: grandma, grandmother

   Babi budeme navštěvovat v neděli. ― We'll be visiting grandma by Sunday.

• “babi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “babi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “babi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.bi/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi

Borrowed from Persian بابی (bābī / bâbi).

babi m (plural babi's, no diminutive)

1. (Abrahamism) Bábí (follower of Bábism)

Borrowed from Indonesian babi.

babi m (plural babi's, no diminutive)

1. (dated) pig or hog in Indonesia
2. pork in an Indonesian or Malay dish
   • 2003 May 5, E.d.u. S., “Tip: er zijn weer wijnstokken”, in nl.culinair‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Ik ben altijd een groot voorstander geweest van het aran-vuurtje waar je dan zo gezellig naast zat te kipassen terwijl de stukjes babi aan het garen waren.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2009 August 20, Johannes, “Wat is het nut van auto gordels i.c.m. airbags?”, in nl.auto‎^[3] (Usenet):

     En niet te vergeten de kreukelzones en de opvouwbare stuurkolom, die tegenwoordig gemeengoed zijn, maar indertijd waren er geen kreukelzones en was de stuurkolom nog een stijve spies waaraan je geregen kon worden als babi of ajam aan een satéstokje.

     And do not forget the crumple zones and the collapsible steering column, that are commonplace today, but at the times there were no crumple zones and the steering column was still a rigid spear on which you could be impailed like pork or chicken on a satay skewer.

   • 2011 May 29, Claas Compaan, “Het willen verbieden van nertsenfokkerijen.”, in nl.politiek‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Omdat ze in China honden door de babi douwen,^[sic] moeten we het dus hier ook doen?

     So because they put dogs in their (Indo-Malay) pork,^[sic] we should do the same? (based on the misconception that the dish is Chinese)

From Bab (“the Báb”) +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ba.bi/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

babi (feminine babie, masculine plural babis, feminine plural babies)

1. (Abrahamism, relational) Bábí (of or relating to Báb or Bábism)

babi m (plural babis, feminine babie)

1. (Abrahamism) Bábí (follower of Bábism)

• “babi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb).

• IPA^(key): /báː.bìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.bìː]

bābī̀ m (possessed form bābìn)

1. chapter (section of a book)

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabi/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi

babi

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

   Synonym: jani

From Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Doublet of bagong.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.bi]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ba‧bi

babi (plural babi-babi)

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

   Synonyms: bagong, celeng

2. (vulgar, figuratively) a greedy person
   • 2023-05-03, Video by Amien Rais Official, youtube.com:

     KITA BUKAN BANGSA "KAMBING" YANG RELA DIKUASAI OLEH PARA "SERIGALA" DAN AKHIRNYA PARA "BABI".

     We are not a dumb nation ruled by cruel leaders and then by greedy ones.

3. (vulgar) a contemptible person, a motherfucker

   Aidit babi!

   Fucking Aidit!

• → Dutch: babi

• “babi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Old Javanese bawi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

babi (Carakan spelling ꦧꦧꦶ)

1. domesticated pig (mammal of genus Sus)

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Tagalog baboy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabiʔ/ [ˈbäː.biʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi

bábî

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
2. pork

• bigak

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

babi

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.bi/
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ba‧bi

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (relational, colloquial, derogatory) women's, girl's

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “babi”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 4
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “babi”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “babi”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[5]
• “babi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• baie (Brunei)
• vavi (Malaysia, euphemistic)

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.bi]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -bi, -i
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi

babi (Jawi spelling بابي, plural babi-babi or babi²)

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

   Synonyms: khinzir, (Sarawak) kambing batu

2. (derogatory) contemptible person

• The word babi happens to be popularly used as an insult and is very offensive, so it is occasionally replaced by khinzir (or kambing batu in Sarawak) when talking about the animal.

• > Baba Malay: babi (inherited)
• > Indonesian: babi (inherited)
  • → Dutch: babi
• → Palauan: babii
  • → Yapese: baabiy

• "babi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

babi

1. alternative form of baby

Borrowed from Basque babil, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.

• IPA^(key): [baˈβi]

babi m (Gascony)

1. alternative form of pabiou (“candlewick”)

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “pabilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[6] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 330
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 589

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.bi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ba‧bi

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (relational, dated) women's, girl's, womanly

   Synonyms: babski, damski, kobiecy, niewieści, żeński

• babi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• babi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Persian بابی (bābī / bâbi).

• Hyphenation: ba‧bi

babi m or f (plural babis)

1. (Abrahamism) Bábí (of or relating to Báb or Bábism)

   Synonym: babista

• “babi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “babi”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “babi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

babi (Cyrillic spelling баби)

1. dative/locative singular of baba

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ba‧bi

babi m (plural babis)

1. smock

• “babi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

babi

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Borrowed from English baby.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbabɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːbi/, /ˈbabi/

babi m (plural babis)

1. baby

   Synonym: baban

• babïaidd (“babyish, infantile”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “babi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

• bapi^[1]
• ba pi^[1]

babi

1. niece^[2]

• woorning (“nephew”)
• karri-karri-imboo (“nephew”)
• badjurr (“woman”)