Babbhara [onomat., cp. Sk. balbalā -- karoti to stammer or stutter, barbara=Gr. ba/rbaros stuttering, people of an unknown tongue, balbūtha Np. "stammerer"; also Lat. balbas, Ger. plappern, E. blab; babbhara is a redupl. formation fr. *bhara -- bhara=barbara, cp. J.P.T.S. 1889, 209; Geiger, P.Gr. § 20] imitation of a confused rumbling noise M i.128. -- Cp. also P. mammana and sarasara.