baba
A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrupA kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
» But "Baba Abdullah" showed no interest in trade, neglected it and wasted money without giving a thought to the consequences.
Papa Abdullah aber zeigte kein Interesse an Handel, vernachlässigte denselben und verschleuderte Geld, ohne an die Folgen einen Gedanken zu verschwenden. — Waldelfe
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7 senses(also, uncountable, usually)A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
(countable, usually)A grandmother.
(broadly, countable, usually)An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.
(countable, usually)A father.
(Hinduism, Sikhism, countable, usually)A holy man, a spiritual leader.
(British, India, countable, usually)A baby, child.
(countable, usually)In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
- a small cake leavened with yeast
Examples
1 sentencesBut "Baba Abdullah" showed no interest in trade, neglected it and wasted money without giving a thought to the consequences.
dePapa Abdullah aber zeigte kein Interesse an Handel, vernachlässigte denselben und verschleuderte Geld, ohne an die Folgen einen Gedanken zu verschwenden. — Waldelfe
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dadAs one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dada) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members:
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Forms
plural: babasWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable