This articledoes notcite anysources. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. Find sources: "Father" honorific – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Father has been used as bothtitle andhonorific in various languages, synonyms and historical contexts. It may sometimes denote atitle of authority or ofhonour.

• Ab (Semitic)
  • Bwana ("our father"), fromSwahili, meaning an important person orsafari leader
  • Abu inKunya (Arabic), used asepithet for "father of X"
• Baba, mark of respect in:
  • Indian honorificHindu andSikh
  • Baba (honorific) inPersian language
  • InMalaysia as an honorific of respect to address Chinese people born in theBritish 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 (Latin), title for head of household inAncient Rome

• Father Time
• Father Christmas
• Ded Moroz ("Father Frost")

• God the Father

• Abbot (Buddhism) a title for a monk who holds the position of administrator of aBuddhist monastery orBuddhist temple

• Patriarch (Greek, literally "father ruler") as a title for theprimate of aChristian church
  • Pope
• Church Fathers
• Abbot, an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery
• Father, as a honorific for apriest
  • Aboona ("our father") inSyriac language
  • Abuna ("our father") inAmharic andTigrinya

• List of people considered father or mother of a field

Thisparenting article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information.

• v
• t
• e

• Family stubs
• Society-related lists
• Fatherhood
• Honorifics
• Cultural lists
• Etiquette lists
• Lists of nicknames
• Translation-related lists
• Linguistics lists

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Articles lacking sources from February 2024
• All articles lacking sources
• All stub articles