Usually means: Father or old woman, affectionately.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word baba:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. baba: Merriam-Webster
  2. Baba, baba, baba: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. baba: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. baba: Collins English Dictionary
  5. baba: Vocabulary.com
  6. Baba, baba: Wordnik
  7. baba: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. baba: Wiktionary
  9. baba: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Baba, baba: Dictionary.com
  11. Baba (Alevism), Baba (North Macedonia), Baba (Serbia), Baba (bread), Baba (cake), Baba (goddess), Baba (honorific), Baba (name), Baba (yacht), Baba: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Baba: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. baba: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. baba: Rhymezone
  15. Baba: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Baba, Baba: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  17. baba: FreeDictionary.org
  18. baba: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. baba: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. baba: Merriam-Webster

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baba: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Baba: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See babas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
noun:  (especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
noun:  An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
noun:  (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
noun:  (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
noun:  (British India) A baby, child.
noun:  In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
noun:  (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A male Peranakan.

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