آبه

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Turkic language (possibly Chagatai), ultimately from Proto-Common Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt). Compare Uzbek oba, Kazakh апа (apa), and Azerbaijani aba.

Pronunciation

    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.bä], [ʔɔː.bäj]

Readings
Dari reading? āba, ābay

Noun

آبه • (āba)

  1. (Hazaragi) mother

See also

Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms
Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms
واژگان لهجه‌های فارسی دری برای خویشاوندان نسبی
wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī
Family member Standard Dari Kabuli dialect Hazaragi dialect Herati dialect Qandahari dialect
mother مادر (mādar) ننه (nana) آبه (āba) ننه (nana) آیه (āya)
grandmother مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) بی‌بی (bī-bī) آجه (āja)
بی‌بی (bī-bī)
بی‌بی (bī-bī) آنه (āna)
father پدر (padar) بابا (bābā) آته (āta) پیر (piyar)
بابا (bābā)
grandfather پدرکلان (padar-kalān) باباجی (bābājī)
آغا (āġā)
بابا (bābā) بابو (bābū)
sister خواهر (xāhar) خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) آغا (āġā)
باجی (bājī)
دده (dada)
brother برادر (barādar) بیادر (biyādar) برار (birār)
older brother برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister)
خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother)
ماما (māmā) ماما (māmā)
تغایی (taġāyī)
ماما (māmā)
paternal aunt
(father's sister)
عمه (amma)
paternal uncle
(father's brother)
کاکا (kākā)
  1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
  2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا () may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
  3. In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا () may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).