ابه

See also: آبه, اته, آٹھ, and أته

Khalaj

Noun

اَبه (əbə) (definite accusative اَبه‌ݧ, plural اَبه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əbə (“mother, grandmother”)

Declension
Declension of ابه
singular plural
nominative ابه ابه‌لَر
genitive ابه‌ݧ ابه‌لَریݧ
dative ابه‌که ابه‌لَرکه
definite accusative ابه‌ݧ ابه‌لَری
locative ابه‌چه ابه‌لَرچه
ablative ابه‌ده ابه‌لَرده
instrumental ابه‌له ابه‌لَرله
equative ابه‌وارا ابه‌لَروارا

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abah/
  • Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

ابه (Rumi spelling abah, plural ابه-ابه or ابه۲, informal 1st possessive ابهکو, 2nd possessive ابهمو, 3rd possessive ابهڽ)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: ايه (ayah), باڤ (bapa), راما (rama)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).[1]

According to Starostin, front row variants (e.g. Kazakh ебей (ebei), Dolgan and Yakut эбэ (ebe)) are recent and may have a Mongolic origin.[2]

Noun

ابه • (ebe)

  1. midwife

Descendants
  • Turkish: ebe

Further reading

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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