Definitions for babaˈbɑ bɑ, -bə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ba•baˈbɑ bɑ, -bə(n.)(pl.)-bas.

  1. a small yeast cake often containing raisins, usu. served soaked in a rum syrup.

    Category: Cooking

Origin of baba:

1820–30; < F < Pol: lit., old woman

Princeton's WordNet

  1. baba(noun)

    a small cake leavened with yeast

Wiktionary

  1. baba(Noun)

    A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

  2. baba(Noun)

    A grandmother.

  3. baba(Noun)

    An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.

  4. baba(Noun)

    A father.

  5. baba(Noun)

    A holy man, a spiritual leader.

  6. baba(Noun)

    A baby, child.

  7. baba(Noun)

    In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.

  8. Origin: As 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:

Webster Dictionary

  1. Baba(noun)

    a kind of plum cake


Translations for baba

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

babe(noun)

a baby

a babe in arms (= a small baby not yet able to walk).

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