noun

• (especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
  "My baba, Ksenia Dubinsky, tells me that my education makes her proud."
• (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
  "The first time I signed my exercise I wrote "Pisistratus Caxton" in my best round-hand. "And dey call your baba a scholar!" said the Doctor, contemptuously."
• (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
  "While I was in Port Alberni, three babas came to Canada to raise money ..."
• (British India) A baby, child.
  "That is to say, if I do not take care, I shall go on calling my darling 'Baba' till she is as old as her mamma, and has a dozen Babas of her own."

noun

• (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A male Peranakan.

name

• (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of Alibaba.
  "As a result, PDD’s market cap has soared to $195.9 billion, eclipsing Alibaba’s (BABA) $190.5 billion. It’s the first time PDD has surpassed its older rival, according to data provider Refinitiv Eikon."