Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Persian, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Hindi, German, French, Icelandic and Dutch all have a version of the word papa, or papi. Turkish, Swahili, Nepali, Mandarin Chinese, Zulu, Malay, Italian, Indonesian, and Arabic all have a version of the word baba.
Baba is also the familiar word for "father" in many languages (see mama and papa); in India it has even been adapted to address male children.
Papá means “dad,” while padre means “father.” Papi translates to “daddy,” and can be used to address a father or romantic partner. Jefe, tata, apá, viejo, and papaíto are all common slang words for “dad.”
DAD IN ITALIAN: PAPÀ
Papà means Dad, Daddy, Pa, Pop, Papa, and Poppa in Italian. Italians call their dads papà their whole lives, not just as children. The plural of papà is papà (it doesn't change).
بابا [bābā] {m} daddy (also: pope, pa, papa, dad) 2. " father", colloquial.
媽媽 (màmà) or 阿媽 (a mā) and 爸爸 (bàbā) or 阿爸 (a bà) are used informally for "Mom" and "Dad" respectively. Mandarin Chinese, 母親 (pinyin: mǔqīn) and 父親 (fùqīn) are for "mother" and "father" respectively.
A THOUSAND WAYS TO SAY DAD. Papà, Dad, Père, Pai, Baba, Embo, Fa, Abba, Aabe, Aabba, Abo. These are just some of the words used to call dads in Africa. Fathers are often marginal figures in this continent, as parental responsibilities are mainly a duty of women.
The most common and uniquely Australian slang terms for dad are “ol' man” and “oldies,” which can refer to both parents as well.
The Philippines
Tatay, Itay, Tatang, Papa, Dadi, Dad. Due to the American influence and the proclamation of President Corazon Aquino in 1988, the Philippines celebrates Father's Day on the third Sunday of June like most countries in the world.
The most common name for father used in Greece today is indeed the word baba, a Turkish word, pronounced mbamba with the accent on the second syllable. It is used most often to address the father. The word patera with the accent on the second syllable, is more formal and connotes respect to the father figure.
As early as 1681, there's evidence of daddy referring to pimps. Daddy as slang for male lover is found in the early 1900s and still calls up sexual dominance today. One interesting early example of Who's your daddy?
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A daddy in gay culture is a slang term meaning an (typically) older man sexually involved in a relationship or wanting sex with a younger male.
While both parents take an active role in playing with their child(ren), the day-to-day work of raising the child is done by the mother. The main role of the urban Chinese father is to earn money to support the family.
In Egyptian Arabic, "mom" is "والدة" (walida). Most of the egyptians in the city side simply use “mama”. Most of the egyptians in the country side use “Am'ma” or “Yamma”. If you're rich, you're more likely to use the westernized “mommy” whether in city or country sides.
A mummy is either a preserved dead body or a British person's mom, ideally not at the same time. In ancient Egypt, preserving a body as a mummy was part of a religious belief in an afterlife. Today, some bodies are embalmed and preserved after death, but rarely with the same ceremony that preparing a mummy involved.
British spelling is closest to the Middle English form of the word, where as the American spelling is closest to its Latin ancestor. Mom and Mommy are old-English words, words that are stilled used in Birmingham and most parts of the West Midlands.
One word in particular that stands out in English dialects is the word we use for our mothers. The British typically use 'mum', and the Americans, 'mom'. But why is there such a difference in spelling and pronunciation when both nations speak the same language?