Father (honorific)
Father has been used as both title and honorific in various languages, synonyms and historical contexts. It may sometimes denote a title of authority or of honour.
List of uses of "father" in various languages
By culture and/or language
- Ab (Semitic)
- * Bwana, from Swahili, meaning an important person or safari leader
- * Abu in Kunya (Arabic), used as epithet for "father of X"
- Baba, mark of respect in:
- * Indian honorific Hindu and Sikh
- * Baba (honorific) in Persian language
- * In Malaysia as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in the British Straits Settlements
- Batko, a Ukrainian honorific meaning "father"
- List of people considered father or mother of a field
- Founding father
- * Father of the Nation/Father of the Country
- ** Pater Patriae
- ** Fathers of Confederation
- ** Founding fathers of the European Union
- ** Founding Fathers of the United States
- Pater familias, title for head of household in Ancient Rome
Personifications
By religion
Buddhism
- Abbot (Buddhism) a title for a monk who holds the position of administrator of a Buddhist monastery or Buddhist temple
Christianity
- Patriarch as a title for the primate of a Christian church
- * Pope
- Church Fathers
- Abbot, an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery
- Father, as a honorific for a priest
- * Aboona in Syriac language
- * Abuna in Amharic and Tigrinya