Baba
noun
Father, in some languages like Turkish, Hindi and others.
My baba is coming home tonight.
Often appears as...
- my baba
- baba and mama
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A sweet cake, usually soaked in rum, in French cuisine.
I am baking a baba for dessert tonight.
Often appears as...
- baba au rhum
- bake a baba
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
An elderly woman, especially a grandmother in some Slavic languages like Russian and Polish.
I am going to visit my baba this weekend.
Often appears as...
- visit baba
- baba's house
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A spiritual guide or guru in Hinduism or Sikhism.
He is the baba of our village.
Often appears as...
- baba of village
- visit the baba
Usage tips
Religious
noun
Father, in some languages like Turkish, Hindi and others.
My baba is coming home tonight.
Often appears as...
- my baba
- baba and mama
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A sweet cake, usually soaked in rum, in French cuisine.
I am baking a baba for dessert tonight.
Often appears as...
- baba au rhum
- bake a baba
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
An elderly woman, especially a grandmother in some Slavic languages like Russian and Polish.
I am going to visit my baba this weekend.
Often appears as...
- visit baba
- baba's house
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A spiritual guide or guru in Hinduism or Sikhism.
He is the baba of our village.
Often appears as...
- baba of village
- visit the baba
Usage tips
Religious
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Family Affection
Used to express affection or respect for one's father, often in informal settings.
I can't wait to spend time with my baba this weekend.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variation
Meaning can vary; in Turkish, it's 'father', while in Swahili, it can mean 'baby'.
In class today, we learned that 'baba' means a baby in Swahili!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Often carries a warm, loving connotation when referring to one's father.
I'm making a special gift for my baba's birthday.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Affection
Used to express affection or respect for one's father, often in informal settings.
I can't wait to spend time with my baba this weekend.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variation
Meaning can vary; in Turkish, it's 'father', while in Swahili, it can mean 'baby'.
In class today, we learned that 'baba' means a baby in Swahili!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Often carries a warm, loving connotation when referring to one's father.
I'm making a special gift for my baba's birthday.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Affection
Used to express affection or respect for one's father, often in informal settings.
I can't wait to spend time with my baba this weekend.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variation
Meaning can vary; in Turkish, it's 'father', while in Swahili, it can mean 'baby'.
In class today, we learned that 'baba' means a baby in Swahili!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Often carries a warm, loving connotation when referring to one's father.
I'm making a special gift for my baba's birthday.
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How to Photograph the...
bob beck knows just about everything about the night sky deep sky photography is his thing meeting somebody who's so passionate about the nitrous guy like baba is very very exciting to me to prepare him for much more advanced photography where
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Naif Al-Mutawa:...
And what Rayan did then is he sat there, he tapped his foot on the floor, at three and a half, and he looked at me and he said, "Baba, I want you to come with me to my office in my house. I have work to do." Rayan reframed the situation
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Letting go of outdated...
Agnes can help you she'll translate for us to tell us what he was feeling that moment when Jacqueline returned home Kenya voiceover bow Olivia horizontal gunawan omo baba nagar a nice jack elam and rainy lannigan dog I kaga
Video examples
How to Photograph the...
bob beck knows just about everything about the night sky deep sky photography is his thing meeting somebody who's so passionate about the nitrous guy like baba is very very exciting to me to prepare him for much more advanced photography where
Video examples
Naif Al-Mutawa:...
And what Rayan did then is he sat there, he tapped his foot on the floor, at three and a half, and he looked at me and he said, "Baba, I want you to come with me to my office in my house. I have work to do." Rayan reframed the situation
Video examples
Nursed Back to Health PIPE...
community rescued and confiscated orangutangs arrived at the centre faster than loaner can release them but at least this handful have a second chance baba Abbot has come a long way from the palm oil plantation where she was found
Video examples
Letting go of outdated...
Agnes can help you she'll translate for us to tell us what he was feeling that moment when Jacqueline returned home Kenya voiceover bow Olivia horizontal gunawan omo baba nagar a nice jack elam and rainy lannigan dog I kaga
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Yara Shahidi
American Actress
My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating your own path, and creating your own identity is part of that. That's why embracing these two cultures is important to me.
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Keith Gessen
American Novelist
Baba Seva - Seva Efraimovna Gekhtman - was born in a small town in Ukraine in 1919. Her father was an accountant at a textile factory, and her mother was a nurse. Her parents moved to Moscow with her and her brothers when she was a child.
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Abhimanyu Singh
Indian Actor
In India, people still want an image to connect to and, even if it's a false one, they will stick to it. We are ready and want to be fooled by someone or the other, be it a baba or a politician.
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Soham Chakraborty
My two sons are more excited about my father's birthday than him. Baba is a quiet person by nature and feels shy at any kind of celebration.
Quote examples
Yara Shahidi
American Actress
My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating your own path, and creating your own identity is part of that. That's why embracing these two cultures is important to me.
Quote examples
Keith Gessen
American Novelist
Baba Seva - Seva Efraimovna Gekhtman - was born in a small town in Ukraine in 1919. Her father was an accountant at a textile factory, and her mother was a nurse. Her parents moved to Moscow with her and her brothers when she was a child.
Quote examples
Abhimanyu Singh
Indian Actor
In India, people still want an image to connect to and, even if it's a false one, they will stick to it. We are ready and want to be fooled by someone or the other, be it a baba or a politician.
Quote examples
Soham Chakraborty
My two sons are more excited about my father's birthday than him. Baba is a quiet person by nature and feels shy at any kind of celebration.
Example 1 of 4
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