Plural of dad; informal term for fathers.
From dad, first recorded in the 16th century as baby talk, likely from the natural sounds infants make. The word represents one of the most universal linguistic phenomena across cultures.
Dad is one of the few words that sounds remarkably similar across unrelated languages worldwide - from Arabic 'baba' to Mandarin 'bàba' - because it emerges from the easiest sounds babies can make with their developing vocal apparatus.
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