Father In Different Languages. After mother, 'father' is the word that almost all the kids learn to speak. It gives a man immense pleasure to be called 'dad', 'daddy', 'baba', 'papa' or even 'abbu' by his child.
Definition of mandate. 1  1 : an authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one. 2  2 : an authorization to act given to a representative accepted the mandate of the people.
2. any authoritative order or command: a royal mandate. 3. (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony. 4. such a territory or colony. 5. a command from a superior court or official to a lower one.