History of Bengali Language and Literature c8.43
History of Bengali Language and Literature c8.43
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c8.43
The word বাপু, not in the sense of a son but in that of a father or a guardian is often found in the works of Vijay Gupta and other poets. In the former poem we find the desciples of Dhanvantari addressing him as বাপু, and the goddess Padmā addressing her father Çiva by the same word. It is evident that the modern বাবু is derived from বাপু and it originally meant a father as the word বাপ does now.