Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.654
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.654
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The word *bābā* is properly Turki = 'father'; sometimes used to a child as a term of endearment (or forming part of such a term, as in the P. *Bābā-jān*, 'Life of your Father'). Compare the Russian use of *batushka*. [*Bābājī* is a common form of address to a Fakīr, usually a member of one of the Musulman sects. And hence it is used generally as a title of respect.]