Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܒܐ)

1. gate, door, entrance
2. section, clause
3. chapter

Inflection

See also

• ܒܒܬܐ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic بَابَا ‎(bābā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑ(b)bɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑ(b)be(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܒܐ)

1. papa, daddy, dad, father

Inflection

References

• “bb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bb)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 24a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 115b