noun

• A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• (especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
• An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
• (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
• (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
• (British India) A baby, child.
• In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.