• Abba

    Pronunciation

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

    Origin 1

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

    Full definition of abba

    Noun

    abba

    (plural abbas)
    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.
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    Origin 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    abba

    (plural abbas)
    1. Alternative form of aba

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