After mother, ‘father’ is the word that almost all the kids learn to speak. It gives a man immense pleasure to be called ‘dad’, ‘daddy’, ‘baba’, ‘papa’ or even ‘abbu’ by his child. In fact, he eagerly waits for the moment in his life.
Have you ever wondered how other children across the globe call out to their father? Do they also call him ‘dad’ or address him with some other term. In order to satisfy your curiosity, we have listed the terms used in almost all the major languages of the world, for the word father. Go through the following list and know how to say father in different languages.
Saying Father In Different Languages
Language | Father |
Afrikaans | Vader |
Bangla | Baba or Abba |
Basque | Aita |
Bolognese | Peder |
Brazilian Portuguese | Pai |
Breton | Tad |
Chinese | Ba (Baa) |
Cree (Canada) | Papa |
Croatian | Otac |
Czech | Tata, Otec |
Dakota (USA) | Ate |
Dutch | Vader, Papa or Pappie |
East African | Baba |
English | Father, Dad, Daddy, Pop, Poppa or Papa |
Filipino | Tatay, Itay, Tay or Ama |
French | Papa |
Galician | Pai |
German | Vater or Papa |
Hebrew | Abba (h) |
Hindi | Papa or Pita-ji [पिता, पिताजी, पिताश्री] |
Hungarian | Apa, Apu, Papa or Edesapa |
Icelandic | Pabbi or Faoir |
Indonesian | Bapa, Ayah or Pak |
Irish | Athair or Daidí |
Italian | Babbo |
Japanese | Otosan or Papa |
Judeo | Spanish, Padre, Baba or Babu |
Kikuyu | Baba |
Kiswahili | Baba |
Ladin | Pere |
Latin | Pater, Papa or Atta |
Luo (Kenya) | Baba |
Malay | Bapa |
Maltese | Missier |
Modern Greek | Babbas |
Nahuatl (Mexico) | Ta |
Nepali | Buwa |
Norwegian | Pappa or Far |
Persian / Farsi | Pedar, Pitar or Baabaa |
Polish | Tata or Ojciec |
Portuguese | Pai |
Quechua | Tata or Churiyaqe |
Romanian | Tata, Parinte or Taica |
Russian | Papa |
Sanskrit | Tatah or Janak |
Sicilian | Patri |
Slovak | Otec |
Spanish | Papa, Viejo or Tata |
Swedish | Pappa |
Swiss German | Vatter |
Turkish | Baba |
Urdu | Abbu, Abbu-ji, Abbu-jaan |
Venetian | Pare, Popa, ‘Opa, Pupa or Papa |
Welsh | Tad |