Baba (honorific)
Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir")South Asian cultures.
It is used as a mark of respect to refer to
Baba is also a title accorded to
Rehman Baba.[1]
One of the most revered
Samaritan tradition is Baba Rabba, literally "The Great Father".[4]
He lived c. 3rd–4th century C.E.
Baba is also the title used for the Israeli
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
Baba is also the familiar word for "father" in many languages (see mama and papa); in India it has even been adapted to address male children.[2] Baba also means grandmother in many countries.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tsedaka, B. (2014). "A Fruity Sukkah Made from the Four Species". TheTorah.com.
- ISBN 1-57607-770-5.
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