"बाबा" meaning in Hindi

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Noun

IPA: /bɑː.bɑː/ [Delhi], [bäː.bäː] [Delhi]
Etymology: Imitative of baby talk. Compare Persian بابا (bâbâ), Arabic بَابَا (bābā). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|hi|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{noncog|fa|بابا|tr=bâbâ}} Persian بابا (bâbâ), {{noncog|ar|بَابَا}} Arabic بَابَا (bābā) Head templates: {{hi-noun|g=m|ur=بابا}} बाबा • (bābā) m (Urdu spelling بابا) Inflection templates: {{hi-ndecl|<M.unmarked>}} Forms: bābā [romanization], بابا [Urdu], no-table-tags [table-tags], बाबा [direct, singular], बाबा [direct, plural], बाबा [oblique, singular], बाबाओं [oblique, plural], बाबा [singular, vocative], बाबाओ [plural, vocative]
  1. dad, papa
    Sense id: en-बाबा-hi-noun-gbtpq~Q2 Categories (other): Hindi entries with incorrect language header, Hindi onomatopoeias, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hindi entries with incorrect language header: 67 6 22 4 Disambiguation of Hindi onomatopoeias: 51 17 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 6 19 6 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 4 11 4 4 5
  2. paternal grandfather Synonyms: दादा
    Sense id: en-बाबा-hi-noun-moj5SYxR
  3. (vocative, respectful) a male elder Tags: vocative
    Sense id: en-बाबा-hi-noun-UbQElK3x Categories (other): Male family members Disambiguation of Male family members: 29 10 58 3
  4. (vocative, endearing) a small child Tags: endearing, vocative
    Sense id: en-बाबा-hi-noun-F0Q5GW5L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "hi",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "hi:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "title": "Imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "Imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "بابا",
        "tr": "bâbâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian بابا (bâbâ)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَابَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَابَا (bābā)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Imitative of baby talk. Compare Persian بابا (bâbâ), Arabic بَابَا (bābā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bābā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بابا",
      "tags": [
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबाओं",
      "roman": "bābāõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबाओ",
      "roman": "bābāo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "ur": "بابا"
      },
      "expansion": "बाबा • (bābā) m (Urdu spelling بابا)",
      "name": "hi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<M.unmarked>"
      },
      "name": "hi-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hindi",
  "lang_code": "hi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 6 22 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hindi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 17 21 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hindi onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 6 19 6 6 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 4 11 4 4 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dad, papa"
      ],
      "id": "en-बाबा-hi-noun-gbtpq~Q2",
      "links": [
        [
          "dad",
          "dad"
        ],
        [
          "papa",
          "papa"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "paternal grandfather"
      ],
      "id": "en-बाबा-hi-noun-moj5SYxR",
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal grandfather",
          "paternal grandfather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "दादा"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 10 58 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "hi",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "hi:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male elder"
      ],
      "id": "en-बाबा-hi-noun-UbQElK3x",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "respectful",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vocative, respectful) a male elder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a small child"
      ],
      "id": "en-बाबा-hi-noun-F0Q5GW5L",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vocative, endearing) a small child"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑː.bɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäː.bäː]",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बाबा"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hindi entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hindi lemmas",
    "Hindi masculine nouns",
    "Hindi masculine unmarked ā-stem nouns",
    "Hindi nouns",
    "Hindi onomatopoeias",
    "Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "hi:Family",
    "hi:Male family members",
    "ne:Family"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "title": "Imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "Imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "بابا",
        "tr": "bâbâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian بابا (bâbâ)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَابَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَابَا (bābā)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Imitative of baby talk. Compare Persian بابا (bâbâ), Arabic بَابَا (bābā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bābā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بابا",
      "tags": [
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबाओं",
      "roman": "bābāõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबा",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाबाओ",
      "roman": "bābāo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "ur": "بابا"
      },
      "expansion": "बाबा • (bābā) m (Urdu spelling بابا)",
      "name": "hi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<M.unmarked>"
      },
      "name": "hi-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hindi",
  "lang_code": "hi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dad, papa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dad",
          "dad"
        ],
        [
          "papa",
          "papa"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "paternal grandfather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal grandfather",
          "paternal grandfather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "दादा"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a male elder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "respectful",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vocative, respectful) a male elder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hindi endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small child"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vocative, endearing) a small child"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑː.bɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäː.bäː]",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बाबा"
}

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