baba

noun7

1. •
   a small light cake that has taken in a sweet drink with strong alcohol in it
2. •
   A holy man, a spiritual leader.

   • While I was in Port Alberni, three babas came to Canada to raise money ... — 1995
3. •
   A grandmother.

   • My baba, Ksenia Dubinsky, tells me that my education makes her proud. — 1993
4. •
   In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.

   • Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba. — 2004
5. •
   An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.

   • Only two women, typical "babas" (peasant women) in the house from which I got my quilt and bedcloth, could be coaxed to pose — 1914
6. •
   (UK, India) A baby, child.

   • That is to say, if I do not take care, I shall go on calling my darling 'Baba' till she is as old as her mamma, and has a dozen Babas of her own. — 1876
7. •
   A father.

   • The first time I signed my exercise I wrote "Pisistratus Caxton" in my best round-hand. "And dey call your baba a scholar!" said the Doctor, contemptuously. — 1849

noun1

1. •
   (Singapore, Malaysia) A male Peranakan.