bâbacân

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		باباجان

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Khalaj bâbâ + Persian (jân).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːbad͡ʒaːn/

Dialectal forms

(Feyzabad) IPA^(key): [bɑːbad͡ʒɑːn]
(Hasanabad) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbad͡ʒɑːnʊm] (inflected form attested only)
(Kacha-ye Chahardeh) IPA^(key): [bɑːbɑd͡ʒɒːn]
(Mohsenabad) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɑd͡ʒaːn]
(Naderabad) IPA^(key): [bo̞bɑd͡ʒɑːn]
(Nowdeh) IPA^(key): [bɑːbad͡ʒaːn]
(Sadabad) IPA^(key): [bɑːbad͡ʒɒːn]
(Safarabad) IPA^(key): [bɒːbad͡ʒɒːn]
(Sefid Ab) IPA^(key): [bɒːbad͡ʒɔ̞ːn]
(Seqer Juq) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbɑd͡ʒɔ̞ːn]
(Shah Qoli) IPA^(key): [bɑːbad͡ʑaːn]
(Yengijeh, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːbad͡ʒɔ̞ːn]

Noun

bâbacân (definite accusative bâbacânı, plural bâbacânlar)

grandfather
Synonyms: ağu bâba, bidük bâba, bidük dədə, bâba, tâta

Declension

Declension of *bâbacân*
	singular	plural
nominative	bâbacân	bâbacânlar
genitive	bâbacânııñ	bâbacânlarııñ
dative	bâbacânqa	bâbacânlarqa
definite accusative	bâbacânı	bâbacânları
locative	bâbacânça	bâbacânlarça
ablative	bâbacânda	bâbacânlarda
instrumental	bâbacânla	bâbacânlarla
equative	bâbacânvâra	bâbacânlarvâra

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN