baba

  1. Noun.  A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
  2. Noun.  (context, esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
  3. Noun.  An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
  4. Noun.  (context, esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
  5. Noun.  (context, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
  6. Noun.  A baby, child.
  7. Noun.  In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with ''b'', such as ''bottle'' or ''blanket''.

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