The most familiar English terms for father include dad, daddy, papa, pop, and pa. Other colloquial expressions include my old man.
Whatever it is your kids call you, have a great day.
- Romani: “dad”
- German: “Vater”, “Papi”, “Vati”, “Papa”
- Hebrew: “av” or “aba(h)”
- Yiddish: “tatti” or “tay”
- Urdu: “Abbu” or “Abbu-ji” or “Abbu-jan”
- Bangla: “Baba” or “Abba”
- Kannada: “Appa”
- Hindi: “Papa” or “Pita-ji”(formal) or “Baap”(colloquial)
- Polish: “tata”
- Czech: “táta”
- Hungarian: “apa” or “apu”
- Filipino: “tatay”, “itay”, “tay” or “ama”
- Portuguese: “pai” or “papai”
- French: “papa”
- Dutch: “papa”
- Italian: “papá” or “babbo”
- Arabic: “babba” or “yebba” or “abbi” (classical)
- Russian: “papa”
- Chinese: “bà” or “bàba” (informal)
- Kiswahili: “Baba”
- Persian: “pedar”, “pitar” or simply “Baabaa”
- Japanese: “otōsan”, “papa”, “chichi”
- Spanish: “papá”
- Nadsat: “Pee”
- Turkish: “baba”
- Malay/Indonesian: “Abah”, “Ayah” or “Bapak”
- Swedish: “Pappa”
- Vietnamese: “Ba” (common) “Bo” (less common) “Cha” (archaic)
