How to say “Dad” in Korean. The word 아빠 (appa) has a similar meaning to “dad” in English. This should only be used to refer to your own dad.
(Indian English) (especially as a form of address) a father.
Parents in Korean
The same is true in Korean: “Dad” in Korean: 아빠 (appa) “Father” in Korean: 아버지 (abeoji)
Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Persian, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Hindi, German, French, Icelandic and Dutch all have a version of the word papa, or papi.
I noticed that the word for "father" is "appa" or "apa" in at least 4 unrelated languages: Hungarian (Uralic), Korean (Koreanic), Tamil (Dravidian), and even literal Kerek (Chukotko-Kamchatkan).
Appa (Chinese: 阿柏; pinyin: Ā Bǎi) is a fictional character on the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and in the film The Last Airbender.
Etymology. Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).
The most common and uniquely Australian slang terms for dad are “ol' man” and “oldies,” which can refer to both parents as well.
Japan. In Japan, most people use “Oto-san” which is a formal and polite word to call their father. While “Chichi” is used to refer to one's father when they talk to someone else, “Oyaji” (Old man) is an informal way for sons to call their fathers.
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father: used by some South Asians to show respect to an older man.
Korean names consist of two parts: a family name and a given name. Traditionally, a child takes their father's surname like in many other cultures, but Korean women do not take their husband's surname after marriage.
Noona (누나): This is a term for older sisters of boys, but can also be used for an older female friend and even a girlfriend, who is older than the boy.
Synonyms: Dad, Papa, Da Da, Abba, Appa, etc.
媽媽 (màmà) or 阿媽 (a mā) and 爸爸 (bàbā) or 阿爸 (a bà) are used informally for "Mom" and "Dad" respectively. Mandarin Chinese, 母親 (pinyin: mǔqīn) and 父親 (fùqīn) are for "mother" and "father" respectively.
Most children call their dad 爸爸 (bàba) or, even more casually, 爸 (bà), and call their mom 媽媽 (māma) or simply 媽 (mā). You can also combine these words and say 爸媽 (bàmā) as a casual way to say parents, rather than saying 父母 (fùmǔ).
Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”. Canada uses both (or even “maman” in French-speaking Quebec).
bloke – man or guy
A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies.
It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Appa" (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and "Umma" (Jean Yoon) – Korean for dad and mom, respectively – along with their daughter Janet (Andrea Bang) and estranged son Jung (Simu Liu).
1) Appa (अप्प) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Alpa. 2) Appa (अप्प) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ātman. 3) Appa (अप्प) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Arpa.