Father

"Father" in Russian

Оте́ц

Otéc

(God, the father of Creation)

ба́тька

bátʹka

(male parent)

ба́тюшка

bátjuška

(male parent)

ба́тюшка

bátjuška

(term of address for a priest)

ба́тюшка

bátjuška

(term of address for a Christian priest)

ба́тя

bátja

(male parent)

ба́тя

bátja

(term of address for an elderly man)

оте́ц

otéc

(male parent)

оте́ц

otéc

(term of address for an elderly man)

па́па

pápa

(male parent)

папа́ша

papáša

(male parent)

папа́ша

papáša

(term of address for an elderly man)

свято́й оте́ц

svjatój otéc

(term of address for a Christian priest)

тя́тя

tjátja

(male parent)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.