“Papa” is a term of endearment for “father” used in many cultures around the world. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “papa” is expressed in different languages, highlighting the linguistic diversity and cultural richness.
Here is a list of how to say “papa” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Baba | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – بابا (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հայր (Hayr) | Pronunciation: Hayr
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Ata | Pronunciation: Ah-ta
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Aita | Pronunciation: Ay-ta
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Тата (Tata) | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বাবা (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Tata | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Татко (Tatko) | Pronunciation: Tat-ko
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Papa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Táta | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Far | Pronunciation: Far
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Papa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Papa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Isa | Pronunciation: Ee-sa
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – بابا (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Isä | Pronunciation: Ee-sa
- French (🇫🇷) – Papa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მამა (Mama) | Pronunciation: Ma-ma
- German (🇩🇪) – Papa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μπαμπάς (Babás) | Pronunciation: Ba-bas
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אבא (Abba) | Pronunciation: Ah-ba
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – पापा (Papa) | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Apa | Pronunciation: A-pa
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Pabbi | Pronunciation: Pa-bi
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Ayah | Pronunciation: Ah-yah
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Athair | Pronunciation: Ah-her
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Papà | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – パパ (Papa) | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Әке (Äke) | Pronunciation: Eh-keh
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ពុក (Puk) | Pronunciation: Pook
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 아빠 (Appa) | Pronunciation: Ah-ppa
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Bav | Pronunciation: Bav
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ата (Ata) | Pronunciation: Ah-ta
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ພໍ່ (Pho) | Pronunciation: Phaaw
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Tēvs | Pronunciation: Teh-vs
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Tėtis | Pronunciation: Teh-tis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Papp | Pronunciation: Pap
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Татко (Tatko) | Pronunciation: Tat-ko
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Bapa | Pronunciation: Ba-pa
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Missier | Pronunciation: Mis-seer
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 爸爸 (Bàba) | Pronunciation: Bah-bah
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – बाबा (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Аав (Aav) | Pronunciation: Aav
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – बाबा (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Pappa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – پلار (Plar) | Pronunciation: Plar
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – بابا (Baba) | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Tata | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Papai | Pronunciation: Pa-pai
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Tata | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Папа (Papa) | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Тата (Tata) | Pronunciation: Ta-ta
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – තාත්තා (Tāttā) | Pronunciation: Taa-ttaa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Otec | Pronunciation: O-tyets
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Oče | Pronunciation: Oh-che
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Aabe | Pronunciation: Aa-beh
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Papá | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Baba | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Pappa | Pronunciation: Pa-pa
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Падар (Padar) | Pronunciation: Pa-dar
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – அப்பா (Appā) | Pronunciation: Ap-pa
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – నాన్న (Nanna) | Pronunciation: Nan-na
- Thai (🇹🇭) – พ่อ (Phǒ) | Pronunciation: Paw
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Baba | Pronunciation: Ba-ba
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Тато (Tato) | Pronunciation: Ta-to
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – ابو (Abbu) | Pronunciation: Ab-boo
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Ota | Pronunciation: O-ta
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bố | Pronunciation: Boh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Tad | Pronunciation: Tadd