# babi
## Albanian
### Noun

babi
* dad, father

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Bab (“the Báb”) +‎ -i

### Noun

babi (definite accusative babini, plural babilər)
* Bábí

#### Derived terms

* babilik

### Further reading

* “babi” in Obastan.com.

## Baba Malay
### Etymology

From Malay babi.

### Noun

babi
* pig; hog
* pork

### Further reading

* Baba Malay Dictionary

## Balinese
### Romanization

babi
* Romanization of ᬩᬩᬶ

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabi/

### Noun

babi
* father

### References

* Page 78 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.

## Betoi
### Noun

babi
* father

### References

* Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* bábi

### Etymology

Clipping of babička.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbabɪ]

### Noun

babi f (indeclinable)
* (childish) diminutive of babička, grandma, grandmother
    Babi budeme navštěvovat v neděli. ― We'll be visiting grandma by Sunday.

### Further reading

* “babi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “babi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “babi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaː.bi/
* Hyphenation: ba‧bi

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بابی.

#### Noun

babi m (plural babi's)
* a Babist, a follower of Báb (Siyyid `Alí Muhammad Shírází) and Babism

##### Derived terms

* babisme

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian babi.

#### Noun

babi m (plural babi's)
* (dated) a pig or wild pig in Indonesia
* pork in an Indonesian or Malay dish
** 2003 May 5, E.d.u. S., “Tip: er zijn weer wijnstokken”, in nl.culinair‎ (Usenet):Ik ben altijd een groot voorstander geweest van het aran-vuurtje waar je dan zo gezellig naast zat te kipassen terwijl de stukjes babi aan het garen waren.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2009 August 20, Johannes, “Wat is het nut van auto gordels i.c.m. airbags?”, in nl.auto‎ (Usenet):En niet te vergeten de kreukelzones en de opvouwbare stuurkolom, die tegenwoordig gemeengoed zijn, maar indertijd waren er geen kreukelzones en was de stuurkolom nog een stijve spies waaraan je geregen kon worden als babi of ajam aan een satéstokje.And do not forget the crumple zones and the collapsible steering column, that are commonplace today, but at the times there were no crumple zones and the steering column was still a rigid spear on which you could be impailed like pork or chicken on a satay skewer.
** 2011 May 29, Claas Compaan, “Het willen verbieden van nertsenfokkerijen.”, in nl.politiek‎ (Usenet):Omdat ze in China honden door de babi douwen, moeten we het dus hier ook doen?So because they put dogs in their (Indo-Malay) pork, we should do the same? (based on the misconception that the dish is Chinese)

##### Derived terms

* babi ketjap
* babi pangang
* saté babi

## French
### Etymology

le Bab (“the Báb”) +‎ -i

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.bi/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

babi (feminine babie, masculine plural babis, feminine plural babies)
* (relational) Bábí

### Noun

babi m (plural babis, feminine babie)
* Bábí

### Related terms

* babisme

### Further reading

* “babi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /báː.bìː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [báː.bìː]

### Noun

bābī̀ m (possessed form bābìn)
* chapter (of book)

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabi/
* Hyphenation: ba‧bi

### Noun

babi
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)
    Synonym: jani

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Doublet of bagong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧bi

### Noun

babi (plural babi-babi)
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)
    Synonyms: bagong, celeng
* (vulgar, figuratively) a greedy person
** 2023-05-03, Video by Amien Rais Official, youtube.com:
    KITA BUKAN BANGSA "KAMBING" YANG RELA DIKUASAI OLEH PARA "SERIGALA" DAN AKHIRNYA PARA "BABI".We are not a dumb nation ruled by cruel leaders and then by greedy ones.
* (vulgar) a contemptible person, a motherfucker
    Aidit babi!Fucking Aidit!

#### Derived terms

* babi alu
* babi baran
* babi dara
* babi gajah
* babi guling
* babi hutan
* babi kawan
* babi kurus
* babi lalang
* babi laut
* babi murai
* babi rusa
* babi wrase
* membabi

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: babi

### Further reading

* “babi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

babi
* Romanization of ꦧꦧꦶ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Tagalog baboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabiʔ/ [ˈbäː.biʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧bi

### Noun

bábî
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)
* pork

#### Derived terms

* babing dikut
* binabi
* kababian
* magbabi
* magbinabi

#### See also

* bigak

## Karo Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

### Noun

babi
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.bi/
* Rhymes: -abi
* Syllabification: ba‧bi

### Noun

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (relational, colloquial, derogatory) women's, girl's

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1893) “babi”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 4
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “babi”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “babi”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “babi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* baie (Brunei Malay)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ba.bi]
* Rhymes: -bi, -i
* Hyphenation: ba‧bi

### Noun

babi (Jawi spelling بابي, plural babi-babi, informal 1st possessive babiku, 2nd possessive babimu, 3rd possessive babinya)
* A pig (mammal of genus Sus).
    Synonyms: khinzir, kambing batu (Sarawak)
* (derogatory) A contemptible person.

#### Usage notes

* The word babi happens to be popularly used as an insult and is very offensive, so it is occasionally replaced by khinzir (or kambing batu in Sarawak) when talking about the animal.

#### Affixations

* membabi

#### Compounds

* babi alu
* babi balar
* babi bodoh / babi janggut
* babi duyung
* babi hutan
* babi laut
* babi nangoi
* babi rantai / babi tunggal
* babi rusa
* babi tanah

#### Descendants

* Baba Malay: babi
* Indonesian: babi
** → Dutch: babi

### Further reading

* “babi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle English
### Noun

babi
* Alternative form of baby

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Basque babil, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈβi]

### Noun

babi m (Gascony)
* Alternative form of pabiou (“candlewick”)

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pabilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 330
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 589

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.bi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abi
* Syllabification: ba‧bi

### Adjective

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (relational, dated) women's, girl's, womanly
    Synonyms: babski, damski, kobiecy, niewieści, żeński

#### Derived terms

* babie lato

### Further reading

* babi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* babi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

babi (Cyrillic spelling баби)
* dative/locative singular of baba

## Spanish
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.β̞i]
* Rhymes: -abi
* Syllabification: ba‧bi

### Noun

babi m (plural babis)
* smock

### Further reading

* “babi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

### Noun

babi
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈbabɪ/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈbaːbi/, /ˈbabi/

### Noun

babi m (plural babis)
* baby
    Synonym: baban

#### Derived terms

* babïaidd (“babyish, infantile”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “babi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies