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ابه

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See also: آبه, اته, آٹھ, and أته

Khalaj

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Noun

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اَبه (əbə) (definite accusative اَبه‌ݧ, plural اَبه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əbə (mother, grandmother)

Declension

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Declension of ابه
singular plural
nominative ابه ابه‌لَر
genitive ابه‌ݧ ابه‌لَریݧ
dative ابه‌که ابه‌لَرکه
definite accusative ابه‌ݧ ابه‌لَری
locative ابه‌چه ابه‌لَرچه
ablative ابه‌ده ابه‌لَرده
instrumental ابه‌له ابه‌لَرله
equative ابه‌وارا ابه‌لَروارا

Malay

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Noun

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ابه (plural ابه-ابه or ابه٢, informal 1st possessive ابهکو, 2nd possessive ابهمو, 3rd possessive ابهڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of abah

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt).[1]

According to Starostin, front row variants (e.g. Kazakh ебей (ebei), Dolgan and Yakut эбэ (ebe)) are recent and may have a Mongolic origin.[2]

Noun

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ابه (ebe)

  1. midwife
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: ebe

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill