{"word":"bacë","entries":[{"pos":"noun","senses":[{"gloss":"honorific or endearing word for (male) family members; such as older brother, uncle, cousin or another respected, older male","lang":"en","tags":["masculine"],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"honorific or endearing for father","lang":"en","tags":["masculine","regional"],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"honorific or endearing for an unrelated/foreign older male (cf. english \"aunty/uncle\")","lang":"en","tags":["masculine"],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"honorific or endearing for father (regional)","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"}],"sources":["en-wiktionary","wikidata"],"ipa":["[baːt͡sə]"],"etymology":"* Svane suggests a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian baca, a children's pronunciation of braca (“older brother”).\n* Meyer and Çabej link it to baç (“head shepherd”) (compare baci).\n* Another possible source is Turkish bacı (“sister”).\n* Orel considers it an inherited word from Proto-Albanian *batja, related to Proto-Slavic *baťa (see Serbo-Croatian baća (“father, brother, ancestor”) and Proto-Slavic *","forms":[{"form":"baca","tags":["plural"]},{"form":"baca","tags":["definite"]},{"form":"bacat","tags":["definite","plural"]},{"form":"baç","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"bac","tags":["alternative"]}]}],"sources":["en-wiktionary","wikidata","ai"],"description":{"text":"Fjalë nderimi për një burrë të moshuar.","source":"ai"},"loan":{"from":"Serbo-Croatian"},"frequency":590,"wikipediaCount":28,"url":"https://fjalorishqip.org/fjala/bac%C3%AB/","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","sameMeaning":[{"word":"ungj","relation":"same"},{"word":"fajdexhi","relation":"same"}],"attribution":["Wiktionary (English edition), Albanian entries — CC BY-SA 4.0 (and GFDL)","Wikidata Lexemes (Albanian) — CC0 1.0 (public domain)","Përshkrime shqip me ndihmë të AI-së / Albanian descriptions written with AI help — CC BY-SA 4.0"]}