babka
babka · babkas
баба
A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds,…A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.
US/ˈbɑb.kə/
» The babka is on its way.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.
ба́баbába
a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
Examples
3 sentencesThe babka is on its way.
I'm making a chocolate babka.
I like babka.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
coffee cake:
Origin
From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba (“rum soaked cake”)From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba (“rum soaked cake”).
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