da
/dɑː/
EN
An informal, childlike term for one's father; also used as a casual address to an older man in some regional contexts.
My da always teaches me how to fix broken furniture around the house.
Etymology
Da originated as a nursery or child's term, derived from the infantile babble syllable 'da', which naturally developed into a colloquial term for father in many Indo-European languages. It entered common informal English usage by the 16th century.
Translations
简体中文
爸爸,父亲,爹
繁體中文
爸爸,爹,父親
日本語
父,お父さん,ちち
한국어
아빠,아버지
Deutsch
Papa,Vater
Español
papá,padre
Português
pai,papai
Français
papa,père
Tiếng Việt
bố,cha
Related Words
dadfatherdaddypapop
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