Telugu

Noun

బాబా • ‎(bābā) (plural బాబాలు ‎(bābālu))

1. (Hinduism) baba
2. A father.  
3. A holy man, a spiritual leader.

References

• “బాబా” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 878