Baba

Quick meaning: Baba is a noun meaning (also uncountable) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

Meaning

(also uncountable) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

More Meanings

1. (especially among people of Eastern European ancestry) A grandmother.
2. (by extension) An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.
3. (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
4. (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
5. (British India) A baby, child.
6. In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.

Example Sentences

My baba, Ksenia Dubinsky, tells me that my education makes her proud.

"The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter. I've missed you so." "I've missed you too, baba."

Only two women, typical "babas" (peasant women) in the house from which I got my quilt and bedcloth, could be coaxed to pose;

As we made eye contact, I slowly began to wonder if she was Baba. I did not know my grandmother though I'd spoken with her several times on the telephone;

Word Forms

• babas

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