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{{short description|Honorific term of Persian origin}} |
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'''Baba''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: {{nq|بابا}} "father, grandfather, wise old man, sir";<ref name= Platts>Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu |
'''Baba''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: {{nq|بابا}} "father, grandfather, wise old man, sir";<ref name= Platts>Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.</ref>) is an [[honorific]] term, of [[Persian language|Persian]] origin,<ref name = OED/> used in several [[West Asian]] and [[South Asian]] cultures. |
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<ref name = Platts/><ref>{{cite book| last = Hunter | first = William Wilson | author-link = William Wilson Hunter|author2=James Sutherland Cotton |author3=Richard Burn |author4=William Stevenson Meyer |author5=Great Britain India Office |title = Imperial Gazetteer of India| volume = 20| page = 295|publisher = Clarendon Press| year = 1908}}</ref> |
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''Baba'' is also a title accorded to [[Baba (Alevism)|Alevi]] and sunni religious leader and the head of certain [[Sufi]] orders, as in [[Bulleh Shah|Baba Bulleh Shah]] and [[Rehman Baba]].<ref name = Platts/> |
''Baba'' is also a title accorded to [[Baba (Alevism)|Alevi]] and sunni religious leader and the head of certain [[Sufi]] orders, as in [[Bulleh Shah|Baba Bulleh Shah]] and [[Rehman Baba]].<ref name = Platts/> |
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The term was also adopted in [[Malaysia]] as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in [[Straits Settlements|British Straits Settlement]].<ref name = SEA>{{cite book |author=Ooi, Keat Gin |title=Southeast Asia : A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, Calif |year=2004 |pages=198 |isbn=1-57607-770-5 }}</ref><ref name = OED>''Baba'' in {{cite book |author1=Weiner, E. S. C. |author2=Simpson, J. R. |title=The Oxford English dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordenglishdic12simp |url-access=registration |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |year=1989 |isbn=0-19-861186-2 }}</ref> |
The term was also adopted in [[Malaysia]] as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in [[Straits Settlements|British Straits Settlement]].<ref name = SEA>{{cite book |author=Ooi, Keat Gin |title=Southeast Asia : A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, Calif |year=2004 |pages=198 |isbn=1-57607-770-5 }}</ref><ref name = OED>''Baba'' in {{cite book |author1=Weiner, E. S. C. |author2=Simpson, J. R. |title=The Oxford English dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordenglishdic12simp |url-access=registration |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |year=1989 |isbn=0-19-861186-2 }}</ref> |
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''Baba'' is also the familiar word for "father" in many languages (see [[mama and papa]]); |
''Baba'' is also the familiar word for "father" in many languages (see [[mama and papa]]);<ref name = OED/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Baba (name)]] |
* [[Baba (name)]] |
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* [[Indian honorifics]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Titles in Pakistan]] |
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[[Category:Ecclesiastical titles]] |
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[[Category:Persian words and phrases]] |
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Revision as of 16:35, 21 October 2022
Baba (Persian: بابا "father, grandfather, wise old man, sir";[1]) is an honorific term, of Persian origin,[2] used in several West Asian and South Asian cultures.
Baba is also a title accorded to Alevi and sunni religious leader and the head of certain Sufi orders, as in Baba Bulleh Shah and Rehman Baba.[1]
Baba is also the title used for the Israeli mystical rabbis of the Abuhatzeira family, descendants of Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, originally from Morocco, who was called the Baba Sali and his brother Isaac Abuhatzeira, the Baba Chaki.
The term was also adopted in Malaysia as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in British Straits Settlement.[4][2]
Baba is also the familiar word for "father" in many languages (see mama and papa);[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.
- ^ a b c Baba in Weiner, E. S. C.; Simpson, J. R. (1989). The Oxford English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-861186-2.
- ^ Hunter, William Wilson; James Sutherland Cotton; Richard Burn; William Stevenson Meyer; Great Britain India Office (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 20. Clarendon Press. p. 295.
- ^ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia : A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 1-57607-770-5.
Further reading
- Heß, Michael R. (2014). "Baba". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
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