ابه
See also: آبه, اته, آٹھ, and أته
Malay
Alternative forms
- اب (aba), به (bah)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abah/
- Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah
Noun
ابه (Rumi spelling abah, plural ابه-ابه or ابه۲, informal 1st possessive ابهکو, 2nd possessive ابهمو, 3rd possessive ابهڽ)
- father (male parent)
- Synonyms: ايه (ayah), باڤ (bapa), راما (rama)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).[1]
According to Starostin, front row variants (e.g. Kazakh ебей (ebei), Dolgan and Yakut эбэ (ebe)) are recent and may have a Mongolic origin.[2]
Noun
ابه • (ebe)
- midwife
Related terms
- ابلا (abla)
Descendants
- Turkish: ebe
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ابه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 47
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ابه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 45
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill