"Dad"

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".According to the Phrase Finder, at
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/305250.html this phrase originated from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,1600.

I conducted a rapid but limited, magnified,transcultural and vernacular view of the variations of the term,"Dad".The following list comprises only the synonymous terms for "Dad" that were spelled with english alphabetical characters:

Father pappy pa pater
Pops tata baba ayah
Daddy daidi cha pai
Old Man tatay pappa padre
Papa nana
Obviously, Dads existed prior to the invention of the printing press and
other names for Dads (from bygone days or in cultures without recorded language) may still exist.
The Phrase Finder notes the "meaning" of the Shakespeare Quote, " What matters is
what something is, not what it is called ".
What does,"Dad" mean to you ?