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baba — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baba noun A small, rich cake soaked in rum or other flavored syrup.
  • dad noun A father; an informal, affectionate word for one's male parent.
  • daddy noun A father, especially as used by young children or in affectionate address.
  • father noun A male parent.

Senses

baba is used for these senses in English:

  • baba (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
  • bollard A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
  • dad (informal) A father, a male parent.
  • daddy (slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
  • father A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

baba — full definition

  1. noun A small, rich cake soaked in rum or other flavored syrup.
  2. noun In various cultures, an informal word for a father, grandmother, or other family elder.
  3. noun A respected spiritual teacher or holy man, especially in South Asian traditions.

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