From Proto-Slavic *batę; compare to Russian ба́тя (bátja).
баща́ • (baštá) m
- father
- guardian
- (figurative) patriarch, founder, originator, initiator
- “баща”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “баща”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010