баба

• буба (buba)

баба • (baba)

1. mother; mom, mum

• эбел (ebel)

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)

1. grandmother, granny, old woman
2. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman

   не ме́ла ба́ба кло́пату (дык) купі́ла ба́ба парася́ ― nje mjéla bába klópatu (dyk) kupíla bába parasjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

3. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad

ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)

1. pile block

• “баба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɐ]

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ба́ба • (bába) f

1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
2. old woman, goody, granny
3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
4. midwife, wise woman
5. wise woman, sorceress, witch
6. woman, weakling, milksop, mollycoddle, molly, old maid
7. monkey

• “баба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

баба • (baba)

1. bread

баба • (baba)

1. ancestor

баба (baba)

1. bread

Borrowed from Russian баба (baba).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaba/, [ˈbäbä]
• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba)

1. old woman
2. wife, wifey

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 37
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 31

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba) f (plural баби, relational adjective бабин or бапски, diminutive бабичка or бабиче or бабуле, augmentative бабиште or бабетина)

1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
2. old woman, goody, granny
3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
4. midwife
5. (in the singular) the last three days of March
6. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
7. (derogatory) milksop, weakling, old woman (weak man)

• “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba) (Turkish baba).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaba]

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

баба • (baba) m (uncountable)

1. father, dad (used by Muslim Macedonians)

   Synonym: татко (tatko)

• “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

баба • (baba) f

1. grandmother
2. midwife
3. wet nurse

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaba/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaba/

баба (baba) f

1. married woman
2. midwife
3. fortune teller, hex
4. (in the plural) women

• Russian: ба́ба (bába)
• Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “баба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 35

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabə]

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ба́ба • (bába) f anim or f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб, relational adjective ба́бий or ба́бский, diminutive бабёнка, pejorative ба́бка or бабёшка)

1. (childish) grandma, granny (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))

   Ма́ма, а где ба́ба? ― Máma, a gde bába? ― Mom, where’s grandma?

2. (informal or archaic) old woman (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))

   Жи́ли-бы́ли дед да ба́ба. ― Žíli-býli ded da bába. ― There once lived an old man and his old woman.

3. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
4. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad; countrywoman

   Кто э́та ба́ба? ― Kto éta bába? ― Who's that broad?

   Все ба́бы — ду́ры; все мужики́ — сво́лочи (contemporary Russian saying)

   Vse báby — dúry; vse mužikí — svóloči

   "all women are idiots; all men are bastards"

5. (obsolete) peasant’s wife, peasant woman
6. (derogatory) milksop, old woman (weak man)
7. (technical) ram (of a pile driver)
8. (technical) drop weight
9. (cooking) baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupf

   ро́мовая ба́ба ― rómovaja bába ― rum baba, rum cake

10. in expressions

    сне́жная ба́ба ― snéžnaja bába ― snowman

    ка́менная ба́ба ― kámennaja bába ― primitive stone statue

• ба́бушка (bábuška), ба́бка (bábka)
• Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
• бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), ба́бство (bábstvo)
• ба́бки (bábki), бабло́ (babló), бабло́сы (bablósy), бабо́сы (babósy)

• → Ingrian: baaba
• → Komi-Zyrian: баба (baba)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): /bâba/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ба

ба̏ба f (Latin spelling bȁba)

1. grandmother
2. granny, grandma
3. (usually derogatory) old woman, hag
4. (derogatory) female person

• (grandmother; grandma): ба́ка, нена

• “баба” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• бава (bava) — Nij

For the development of в (v) in the Nij dialect see абазакӏ (abazaḳ).

баба • (baba) (Vartashen)

1. father

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “баба”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎, Baku: Academy Press, page 65

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɐ]

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ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб or бабі́в, relational adjective ба́бський or ба́б'ячий)

1. grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
2. a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
3. (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman

   не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́ ― ne mála bába klópotu ta kupýla bába porosjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

4. (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad

• бабу́ся f pers (babúsja)

ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб)

1. baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)

   Synonym: ба́бка (bábka)

2. baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “баба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “баба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

баба • (baba)

1. father