Abba

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈæb.É™/, æˈbÉ‘/
• GenAm IPA: /ˈæb.É™/, æˈbÉ‘/
• Rhymes: -æbÉ™

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, "father"); see abbot.

Full definition of abba

Noun

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

Variant forms.

Noun

1. Alternative form of aba

Anagrams

• abab, baba