[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.654 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.654) 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\*. \[\*Bābājī\* is a common form of address to a Fakīr, usually a member of one of the Musulman sects. And hence it is used generally as a title of respect.\] - [Previous: c10.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.653) - [Next: c10.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.655) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.654) · Pramāṇa