Definition of "baba" in English

noun

1. (countable and uncountable) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

2. (countable, especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.

   • 2001, Brattleboro Remembers, edited by the Brattleboro [Vermont] Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing I walked first for my grandmother, and my mother was sorry she had missed my first steps. My Baba was so proud, my mother later told me.

3. (countable) An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.

4. (countable, especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.

   • "The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter. I've missed you so." "I've missed you too, baba."
   • Okay. Okay. Fine, baba. Let's just do it before something else goes wrong.
   • "Do not be disrespectful, son. Look at me." "Baba, were you a Savaki?"

5. (countable, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.

6. (countable, British India) A baby, child.

7. (countable) 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.