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Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is a Persian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics ( sannyasis ) and Sikh gurus , as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi , Baba Ramdev , etc. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
In Nepali, Hindi/Bihari, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Bengali, Telugu, and Odia languages, it is a means of calling with love and affection to spouses or younger brothers, sons, grandsons etc. It can be found in the urban trend to call "babu" to girlfriends or boyfriends, or common-friends to symbolize deep love or dearness.
A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Sarpatil, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state.. Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships.
Babaji is an Indian honorific that means "Father", usually with great respect or to a Priest. It may also refer to: People. Baba Ji Maharaj, name is used for Baba Jaimal Singh (born July 1878), Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
Baba can be a surname in several cultures such as Dravidian, Japanese, Turkics, and Yoruba. It is also a nickname for 'father' in some languages, and translates to "father" in the Arabic, Persian and Shona languages. In various Slavic languages “baba” means an “old lady” (as in the diminutive variation babushka).
Baba Yaga depicted in Tales of the Russian People (published by V. A. Gatsuk in Moscow in 1894) Baba Yaga being used as an example for the Cyrillic letter Б, in Alexandre Benois' ABC-Book Baba Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles.
It is a Marathi phrase which means 'Respected Father' (Baba = father and Saheb = sir). This epithet is commonly applied to B. R. Ambedkar. [2] Other notable people with the name include: Babasaheb Bhosale (1921–2007), Indian politician; Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (1922–2021), also known as Babasaheb Purandare, Indian historian and writer
Amongst Indian Muslims, the title pīr baba (पीर बाबा) is commonly used in Hindi to refer to Sufi masters or similarly honored saints. [1] Additionally, saints are also sometimes referred to in the Persian or Urdu vernacular with "Hazrat." [1] In Islamic mysticism, a pīr's role is to guide and instruct his disciples on the ...