Babar

'''Babar''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| بابر }}}}), also variously spelled as '''Baber''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} '''Babur''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} and '''Babor''' is a male given name of Persian origin.{{sfn|Eraly|2007|pp=18–20}} It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: <big>ببر</big>), meaning "tiger".{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} There is a similar name in connotation to the Arabic male given form and generic name of the animal by the name "Nimr" (Arabic: <big>نَمِر</big> ''namir'') which means "yellow-black striped cat", i.e. "tiger". The word repeatedly appears in Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh'' and was borrowed into the Turkic languages of Central Asia.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}<ref>Thumb, Albert, ''Handbuch des Sanskrit, mit Texten und Glossar'', German original, ed. C. Winter, 1953, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_kMeAAAAIAAJ&q=babr+sanskrit Snippet, p. 318]</ref>

Thackston argues for an alternate derivation from the PIE word "beaver", pointing to similarities between the pronunciation ''Bābor'' and the Russian ''bobr'' ({{lang|ru|бобр}}, "beaver").<ref name="baburnama">{{cite book |title=The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor |publisher=Modern Library |isbn=0-375-76137-3 |year=2002 |author=Babur, Emperor of Hindustan |others=translated, edited and annotated by W. M. Thackston |url=https://archive.org/details/babarinizam00babu }}</ref>

==People== * Babur (1483–1530), also spelled Baber or Babar, Turkic ruler of present-day India and founder of the Mughal Empire in India * Babar Ahmad (born 1974), British citizen imprisoned on terrorism charges * Babar Ahmed (director), Pakistani-born American film director * Babar Ali (disambiguation) ** Babar Ali (born 1975), Pakistani actor ** Babar Ali (cricketer) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer ** Babar Ali (teacher) (born 1993), Indian educator ** Babar Ali Khan (1773–1810), Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa ** Babar Ali Khan (boxer) (1963–2025), Pakistani boxer ** Babar Ali Khan Mohmand (born 1983), Pakistani politician * Babar Awan (born 1958), Pakistani writer and politician * Babar Azam (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Bhatti (born 1949), British actor * Babar Hayat (born 1992), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer * Babar Khan (born 1987), Pakistani actor and model * Babar Khan (cricketer) (born 1993), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Luck (born 1970), Pakistani-born British musician * Babar Khan Ghauri (born 1961), Pakistani politician * Babar Nawaz Khan (born 1986), Pakistani politician * Babar Naeem (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Rehman (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer * Diana Babar, British solicitor * Fahad Babar (born 1992), Pakistani-born American cricketer * Farhatullah Babar, Pakistani politician * Ilyas Babar (1926–2002), Indian athletic coach * Lutfozzaman Babar (born 1958), Bangladeshi politician * Mohammed Junaid Babar (born {{circa|1975}}), Pakistani American news figure * Naseerullah Babar (1928–2011), Pakistani general and cabinet minister * Rahat N. Babar, American judge * Wali Khan Babar (1982–2011), Pakistani journalist * Zulfiqar Babar (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer (Bowler)

==Fiction== * Babar the Elephant, fictional character from a French children's book series

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Baber |volume=3 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1878}} |page=179}} * {{cite EB1911 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Baber |volume=3 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1911}} |page=92}} * {{citation |first=Abraham |last=Eraly |author-link=Abraham Eraly |title=Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Moghuls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7kPQs8llvkC |year=2007 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-93-5118-093-7}} {{refend}}

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