Babai may refer to:

Patriarchs of the Church of the East

Babowai Babowai (also Babaeus or Mar Babwahi) (died 484) was Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarch of the Church of the East from 457 to 484, during the reign of the Sassanid King Peroz I. Babowai was known for his pro-Byzantine leanings, for wh ...

(fl. 457–484), executed for anti-Sassanid statements *

Babai of Seleucia-Ctesiphon Babai, also Babaeus, was Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarch of the Church of the East from 497 to 503. Under his leadership, the Church in Sasanian Empire (Persia) became increasingly aligned with the Nestorian movement, declared her ...

(fl. 497–503), Patriarch of the Church of the East (the Persian Church), from 497 to 503 *

Babai the Great Babai the Great ( , c. 551 – 628) was an early church father of the Church of the East. He set several of the foundational pillars of the Church, revived the monastic movement, and formulated its Christology in a systematic way. He served as a ...

(551–628), an early church father of the Church of the East

Other uses

Babai (Pashtun tribe) The Babai ( ps, بابئی) are a Pashtun tribe formerly known as Babi (). Their traditional primary homeland is in Qalat, Zabul, located in Southern Afghanistan and Kandahar. They are a subtribe of the Ghilji Hotak clan of Pashtun people, largel ...

, a Pashtun tribe in the Pakistan, Afghanistan and India *

Babai (surname) Babai is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Béla Babai (1914–1997), Romani musician and interpreter *László Babai (born 1950), Hungarian mathematician See also * Babai (disambiguation) * Baba (disambiguation) Baba and simi ...

* ''Babai'' (film), a 2015 Kosovan film * ''

The Eight Hundred ''The Eight Hundred'' () is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Wang Qianyuan, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, Yu Haoming, Tang Yixin, and Zhe ...

'' (八佰, Bābǎi), 2020 Chinese film *

Babai, Iran Babai ( fa, بابائي, also Romanized as Bābā’ī) is a village in Hasanabad Rural District, Hasanabad District, Eqlid County, Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

, a village in Fars Province, Iran *

Babai, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Bibi Janabad ( fa, بي بي جان اباد, also Romanized as Bībī Jānābād; also known as Bābā’ī, Bābā’ī Jānābād, and Jānābād) is a village in Emamzadeh Jafar Rural District, in the Central District of Gachsaran County, Koh ...

, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * ''

Babai Hotel ''Babai Hotel'' is a 1992 Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Jandhyala and produced by K. S. Rama Rao under the banner Creative Commercials. The film stars Brahmanandam, Gundu Hanumantha Rao and Kinnera.Babai River The Babai River ( ne, बबई नदी) originates in and completely drains Inner Terai Dang Valley of Mid-Western Nepal. Dang is an oval valley between the Mahabharat Range and Siwalik Hills in its eponymous district. Dang was ancient ...

, river in Nepal's Dang, Salyan and Bardiya districts and India's Uttar Pradesh state, then joining the Ghaghara * Babai Revolt, a revolt in the 13th century Turkey *

Babai (Swamp Taro) ''Cyrtosperma merkusii'' or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia. It is a riverine and "swamp crop" similar to taro, but "with bigger leaves and larger, coarser roots." There are no demonstrably ...

, a root crop cultivated in Kiribati * Babai Rural Municipality, a rural council in Nepal