Abba1

 
Pronunciation: /ˈabə/

noun

  • 1(in the New Testament) God as father: ‘Abba, Father,’ he said, ‘all things are possible to you’
  • (in the Syrian Orthodox and Coptic Churches) a title given to bishops and patriarchs.
  • 2 (abba) Indian father (often as a familiar form of address in Muslim families).

Origin:

via Greek from Aramaic 'abbā 'father'; sense 2 is from Hindi abbā, from Arabic ab