баба
Pronunciation: [ˈbabə]
“баба” is a Russian word. Its 10 meanings in English:
noun
- grandma, granny (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- old woman (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- (any) woman; countrywoman
- woman, female, broad; countrywoman
- peasant’s wife, peasant woman
- milksop, old woman (weak man)
- ram (of a pile driver)
- drop weight
- baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupf
- in expressions
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
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