anba
[ an-buh ]
/ ˈæn bə /
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noun
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
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Also am·ba [am-buh] /ˈæm bə/ .
Origin of anba
From Arabic, from Coptic apa, abba, from Syriac abbā “father”
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