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Re: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
I am reasonably sure that in this case baba is an Oriental title along the lines of "big tough man" or "leader."I am also willing to bet that Cogia is akin to hodja:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin_Hodja~ Ivayla,
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