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