Babakhan or Babahan (, , ) is a masculine given name found among various Muslim of Russia indigenous to North Caucasus,Сводный словарь личных имён народов Северного Кавказа / отв. ред. Р. Ю. Намитокова. — М. : Флинта : Наука, 2012. — Tatarstan, and Central Asia. It consists of two parts of Persian origin: baba () + khan.Алим Гафуров, Имя и история: об именах арабов, персов, таджиков и тюрков, 1977, p. 130 "Baba" a form of respectful address, usually to an elder (father, grandfather), i.e., "babakhan" may mean "respected lord", "elder lord", etc. Also, "khan" may be used as an affix that increases the respectfulness of the address "baba". Patronymic surnames Babakhanov and Babakhanyan are derived from it.
It can also be a Turkish surname.
Notable people with the name include: Babakhan Babakhanov, a founder of the Lezgian Musical and Drama Theatre Babakhan Badalov, birth name of Babakhan Garayev, musician from Azerbaijani band Yukhu Puthanparambil Babakhan Abdul Razzaq Saleh or
(born 1960), Turkish journalist, columnist, and television personality
See also
Ali Baba Baba Khan Lady Babahan (八八罕妃子), a concubine of Kublai Khan
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