abba

Example Sentences

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So, whether you call him your papa, your baba or your abba, just be sure to call him, and let him know how well he, and his title, have stood the test of time.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

In Nilo-Saharan Maasai, spoken in Kenya and Tanzania, it's "papa," and, in the Semitic language Hebrew, "abba."

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

The actress also revealed the nickname "abba dabba" that her father would call her.

From Fox News • Feb. 27, 2021

Parenthood is supposedly enshrined in humanity’s mystical root language — “father” is baba in Mandarin, baba in Persian, babbo in Italian, papa in Russian and abba in Hebrew.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2015

“A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie