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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, classical Hindi, 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. | '''Baba''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: {{nq|بابا}} "father, grandfather, wise old man, sir";<ref name= Platts>Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, 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. | ||
It is used as a mark of respect to refer to [[Hindu]] and [[Sikh]] ascetics ([[sannyasi]]s) and is used as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sai Baba]], [[Baba Ramdevji]], etc.<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> ''Baba'' is also a title accorded to the head of certain order of [[Sufi]] heads, as in [[Bulleh Shah|Baba Bulleh Shah]] and [[Rehman Baba]].<ref name = Platts/> The term was also adopted in [[Malaysia]] as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in [[Straits Settlements|British Straits Settlement]]. | It is used as a mark of respect to refer to [[Hindu]] and [[Sikh]] ascetics ([[sannyasi]]s) and is used as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sai Baba]], [[Baba Ramdevji]], etc.<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> ''Baba'' is also a title accorded to the head of certain order of [[Sufi]] heads, as in [[Bulleh Shah|Baba Bulleh Shah]] and [[Rehman Baba]].<ref name = Platts/> 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 = 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><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> | ||
''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.<ref name = OED/> | ''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.<ref name = OED/> | ||
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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.
It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu and Sikh ascetics (sannyasis) and is used as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba, Baba Ramdevji, etc.[1][3] Baba is also a title accorded to the head of certain order of Sufi heads, as in Baba Bulleh Shah and Rehman Baba.[1] The term was also adopted in Malaysia as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in British Straits Settlement.[2][4]
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]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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[edit | edit source]
- Heß, Michael R. (2014). "Baba". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
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